Editor/Writer, Financial Services and Public Policy
I’ve been covering the investment industry for more than a decade, first as associate editor at Global Stratagems then as investments editor at Advisor.ca, editor of CanHedge and finally editor of Advisor’s Edge Report. I have also contributed articles on alternative investments to Benefits Canada, Canadian Investment Review, Morningstar.ca and Report on Business magazine.
Market indicators, not cycles, drive performance.
Coming to terms with post-2008 world.
Politics the latest risk for public pension funds.
Research: little support for global asset pricing model.
The impact of rising interest rates.
Hint: it's not just luck (or factor analysis...or risk premia...)
Why markets can't save the pension promise.
Neither a borrower not a discount borrower be.
During the financial crisis, being good didn't pay for banks.
So far, the tools used to hedge it are "somewhat crude".