deflation – 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 Pension funds playing defence amid coronavirus crisis https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/pension-funds-playing-defence-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 04:32:11 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-funds-playing-defence-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ Despite several bumps in the decade since the 2008/09 financial crisis, the swift and brutal crash in global equity prices when the coronavirus was declared a pandemic sent pension investors reaching for their playbooks to implement defensive strategies to mitigate the damage. “People have worked very hard at just acting on the set strategies that […]

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]]> How DC pension investments weathered the pandemic storm https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/how-dc-pension-investments-weathered-the-pandemic-storm/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:45:20 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-dc-pension-investments-weathered-the-pandemic-storm/ Defined contribution plan members are contending with volatile equity markets, ultra-low interest rates and the threat of inflation as the country’s economy begins its tentative recovery. In the first half of 2020, equities took an almost round trip, dropping significantly in the first quarter and recovering to the point that most markets are in neutral […]

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]]> HOOPP looking to LDI strategy 2.0 amid low interest rates https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/hoopp-looking-to-ldi-strategy-2-0-amid-low-interest-rates/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:36:38 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/hoopp-looking-to-ldi-strategy-2-0-amid-low-interest-rates/ The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is well-known for its liability-driven investing strategy, which helped it successfully weather the 2008 financial crisis. During the coronavirus fallout, in an era of historically low interest rates, the HOOPP is working on developing LDI 2.0. “We’re very focused on liabilities, but what you do when interest rates are […]

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]]> How can pension plans position for potential deflationary or inflationary scenarios? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-can-pension-plans-position-for-potential-deflationary-or-inflationary-scenarios/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:07:29 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-can-pension-plans-position-for-potential-deflationary-or-inflationary-scenarios/ With so much uncertainty on the horizon, should pension plan sponsors be preparing to operate in a deflationary or inflationary environment? In the short term, the economic environment will be deflationary, says Hugh O’Reilly, executive in residence at the Global Risk Institute, noting demand is down because people are staying home and not spending. “And […]

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]]> Annual inflation rate turned negative in April, Statistics Canada reports https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/annual-inflation-rate-turned-negative-in-april-statistics-canada-reports/ Thu, 21 May 2020 04:30:01 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/annual-inflation-rate-turned-negative-in-april-statistics-canada-reports/ Canada’s inflation rate turned negative in April as the economy came to a standstill in the first full month of the pandemic as part of a spending shift that a top central banker says may signal further changes in consumption patterns post-COVID-19. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the consumer price index for April fell 0.2 per […]

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]]> Learning From Japan https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/learning-from-japan/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 04:29:47 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/learning-from-japan/ How companies can still shine in tough times

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]]> Is China Headed for A Hard Landing? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/caroline-cakebread/is-china-headed-for-a-hard-landing/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 05:47:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/is-china-headed-for-a-hard-landing/ New paper from HKIMR looks at the risk of deflation

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]]> Abenomics bets on Japanese ETFs https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/abenomics-bets-on-japanese-etfs-2/ Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:53 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/abenomics-bets-on-japanese-etfs-2/ In 2013, the two top-selling ETFs both invest in Japan.

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]]> What’s Your Deflation Hedge? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/scot-blythe/whats-your-deflation-hedge/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:58:37 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/whats-your-deflation-hedge/ History shows inflation isn't the only risk out there.

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]]> Lack of Inflation Baffles Economists https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/scot-blythe/lack-of-inflation-baffles-economists/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:24:49 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/lack-of-inflation-baffles-economists/ Are we caught in a liquidity trap?

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