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Canada looking less attractive: CAIA panel.

  • July 28, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket: AllianceBernstein.

  • July 13, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Start with the motto "be prepared".

  • July 6, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Steady state: securities lending post-Lehman June 25, 2010 | Scot Blythe Securities lending has come through a rough two years globally. Surprisingly—or perhaps unsurprisingly, given the country’s seemingly inherent financial conservatism—Canada hasn’t been affected all that much. In fact, one observer thinks custodians serving Canadian clients “ought to be congratulated for not getting carried away.” […]

  • June 25, 2010 September 13, 2019
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There’s a relatively new product out there for pension plans and high net worth investors seeking stable returns with relatively low volatility. But it comes with a hitch—it’s about cashing in on death. In the U.S., at least, there is a growing industry in life settlements. Older policyholders may decide that, after years of paying […]

  • June 25, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Exchange-traded funds have changed the nature of the debate between active management and passive investing. Passive investing once involved holding a broad-market index fund and comparing performance against an active manager who used the same benchmark. What essentially differentiated an actively managed fund was that it was exposed to individual stock risk, according to a […]

  • June 23, 2010 September 13, 2019
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But don't count on a random walk.

  • June 22, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Risks abound for pension plans—even while they are in the midst of restructuring the kinds of risks they are exposed to. Ask Errico Cocchi, pension fund investment manager for the City of Montreal. The end of 2008 and early 2009 “were a pretty tough year for our plan,” explained Cocchi at the IMN’s annual Canada […]

  • June 21, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Time to dust off U.S. foreign ownership rules: Research.

  • June 17, 2010 September 13, 2019
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Managers at Forum scope out global investment opportunities.

  • June 10, 2010 September 13, 2019
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