Canadian 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 AIMCo sees quarterly returns of 1.7 per cent, CPPIB up 3.8 per cent https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/aimco-sees-quarterly-returns-of-1-7-per-cent-cppib-up-3-8-per-cent/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:00:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=112118 The Alberta Investment Management Corp. saw returns of 1.7 per cent during the third quarter of 2021, according to its quarterly report. Between July and the end of September, the AIMCo saw the value of its assets rise from $123.4 billion to $130.1 billion, beating its benchmark of 0.9 per cent. On a year-to-date basis, the […]

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]]> Canadian equities buoy DB pension’s Q2 returns: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/canadian-equities-buoy-db-pensions-q2-returns-report/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:00:50 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105002 Canadian defined benefit pension plans returned 4.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021, according to RBC Investor & Treasury Services’ latest all-plan universe. The report found average Canadian DB pension plan returns grew by 0.9 percentage points over the previous quarter, from 3.5 per cent to 4.4 per cent. It also noted the […]

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]]> BCI returns 16.5% and increases AUM in fiscal 2021: annual report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/bci-returns-16-5-and-increases-aum-in-fiscal-2021-annual-report/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:00:30 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104713 The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. returned 16.5 per cent for its combined pension plan clients and increased its assets under management from $171.3 billion to 199.6 billion in the year ended March 31, 2021. In its annual report, the investment manager said the $28.3 billion increase of assets under management reflected investment gains of […]

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]]> BBB-rated corporate bonds representing larger part of Canadian market https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/bbb-rated-corporate-bonds-representing-larger-part-of-canadian-market/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:37:25 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bbb-rated-corporate-bonds-representing-larger-part-of-canadian-market/ BBB-rated corporate bonds are becoming a bigger part of the Canadian market, according to an analysis by FTSE Russell. In particular, at the end of January 2020, the FTSE Canada one- to 10-year corporate BBB bond index had 326 issuers, representing $141.1 million in market cap, which translates to 29 per cent of the FTSE […]

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