Canadian Plans Buy the Farm
Caisse and bcIMC commit to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC to invest in farmland in the United States, Australia and Brazil.
- May 14, 2012 September 13, 2019
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Caisse and bcIMC commit to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC to invest in farmland in the United States, Australia and Brazil.
Ten years ago, when someone talked about investing in emerging markets, you could be fairly certain they were a) talking about equities and b) talking about stocks with much higher risk than those in developed market countries. Not so today as investor dissatisfaction with developed markets performance has shattered the emerging markets monolith, making way for products devoted to specific countries, regions and high performers like the BRICs.
Hedge funds have favourable effect on stock price of Chapter 11 Companies among other positive influences.
Think hedge funds are the kiss of death for companies filing for bankruptcy? Not so according to researchers from the Sauder School of Business at UBC, which shows that hedge funds actually have a positive influence when they invest in distressed companies.
According to new findings from a couple of U.S. researchers, the solution to equity market risk could be a lot simpler than hunting for the best bridge or toll road to invest in. Why not try a collar strategy instead? Authors use ETFs to prove their point....
Discount rates overstate plan health: DBRS
In today’s globalized economy, can any ETF give investors a “laser focus” on a single country’s economy? It’s an interesting question and one that was raised last week as investors scrambled to short Spanish debt using ETFs. As Standard and Poor’s downgraded the country’s credit rating over concerns about the government’s exposure to ailing Spanish banks, investors shorting ETFs based on Spanish equities to make a tidy profit.
Pension giant teams up with Japanese pension funds to raise $20 billion.
The International Monetary Fund is warning about the global risk of aging populations in its April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report.
The stunning costs of living longer.