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Taming volatility through equity minimum risk strategies

Is the equity risk premium dead? Not according to Chris Guthrie, president of Hillsdale Investment Management who says stock market volatility can be tamed through equity minimum risk strategies. According to him, one Quebec-based pension fund is already using them -- and equity minimum risk strategies are also being used in the ETF space. What are they? And how how do they work with ETFs? Guthrie answers my questions below.

  • September 26, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 12:04

CIR Research Award Deadline Tomorrow!

Submit your paper by September 23rd.

  • September 20, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 15:18

Teachers’ Signs UN’s PRI

Pension fund commits to responsible investment framework.

  • September 20, 2011 September 13, 2019
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Video: Why the PRPP is a Bad Idea

Coverage of the 2011 Risk Management Conference.

  • September 20, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 06:57

ETFs: Growth at a cost

last week, the ETF industry took its first major hit with a big shovel: a blow that just might knock a few flags off the ETF sandcastle. The hit came in the form of Kweku Adoboli, a name I’m sure you’re familiar with by now.

  • September 19, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 11:24

U.S. Pension Funds Boost Infrastructure Investments

Cash-strapped governments look to pension money.

  • September 16, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 14:21

ETFs: iTunes or Napster?

Last week in the Wall Street Journal, writer Mike Foster compared the rapid rise of ETFs to the advent of digital downloads in the music business—they’ve revolutionized the investment industry but they’ve also put the spotlight on how its run (i.e. the fees charged). Foster’s comparison of ETFs to digital downloads is timely—with talk of […]

  • September 12, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 06:00

U.S. GAO Warns Pensions About Alternatives

Oversight and due diligence tough for smaller plans.

  • September 9, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 08:10

Video: Top Risks in 2012

Coverage of the 2011 Risk Management Conference.

  • September 9, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 07:52

U.S. Corporate Pension Hole Hits $388B

American plans face mounting funding gap.

  • September 6, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 08:26