bonds|fixed income – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 DB pension interest in fixed income grew in 2020, finds PIAC asset mix report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/db-pension-interest-in-fixed-income-grew-in-2020-finds-piac-asset-mix-report/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:00:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103922 Members of the Pension Investment Association of Canada saw their managed assets grow by 7.4 per cent in 2020, according to a new report. In its defined benefit asset mix report covering 2020, the PIAC found its members’ DB pensions grew by 7.4 per cent, from $2.286 trillion to $2.454 trillion, over the course of […]

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]]> Canadian DB pensions’ funding positions improve in June as bond returns level off: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/canadian-db-pensions-funding-positions-improve-in-june-as-bond-returns-level-off-report/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 19:00:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103648 The funded position for an average Canadian defined benefit pension plan improved slightly on both a solvency and accounting basis in June, according to a new report by LifeWorks Inc. (formerly Morneau Shepell Ltd.) The average solvency ratio was 109.3 per cent in June, compared to 108.2 per cent in May. On an accounting basis, the average […]

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]]> Canadian DB pensions see improved funded position, investment returns: reports https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/canadian-db-pensions-see-improved-funded-position-investment-returns-reports/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:00:06 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103395 The aggregate funded ratio for Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the S&P/TSX composite index increased from 94.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 to 95.6 per cent in the second quarter, according to a new report from Aon. It also found pension assets rose by four per cent during the same period. The […]

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]]> Decline in bond yields signals market observers to be on ‘inflation watch’: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/decline-in-bond-yields-signals-market-observers-to-be-on-inflation-watch-report/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:30:49 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=101884 The funded position for an average Canadian defined benefit pension plan improved slightly during May, with a solvency of 108.2 per cent, according to a new report by LifeWorks Inc. (formerly Morneau Shepell Ltd.) On an accounting basis, it found expenses for the average pension plan had dropped precipitously since the beginning of 2021, at […]

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