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Domestic equity returns bolstering Canadian DB pension plan solvency: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:00:34 +0000

The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan saw improvements on a solvency and accountancy basis in October, according to LifeWorks Inc.’s monthly report. Its monthly report on DB pension indices found the average plan saw its solvency index rise to 111.5 per cent, up from 108.8 per cent at the end of September and a […]

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Canadian pension plan returns see modest growth in Q3: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:00:46 +0000

Canadian pension plans saw returns averaging about 0.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2021, according to a new report by Northern Trust Canada. Despite the sluggish growth in the quarter, gains from the first half of the year have buoyed most Canadian pension plans. The report found the median plan had seen the […]

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Bâtirente unveils new plan to optimize investments across all funds

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:30:35 +0000

Bâtirente is introducing a new strategy that seeks to optimize its fixed income, global equity and environmentally responsible investment allocations. The Montreal-based pension’s new fund optimization plan specifically addresses the organization’s main priorities. By implementing the new plan, it will seek to improve its funds’ diversity in fixed income and global equities and focus on […]

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Canadian equities buoy DB pension’s Q2 returns: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:00:50 +0000

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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Canadian pension returns up during Q2, buoyed by global equities: reports

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:15:52 +0000

As global equities overcame inflationary fears and continued an upward trend, Canadian pension plan investment returns increased during the second quarter of 2021, with the median plan returning 4.1 per cent, according to Northern Trust Canada’s pension universe. “The course of the pandemic has certainly taught us attributes about strength and adaptation, fundamentals we can […]

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The value of stock selection in a low-return world

mschmit — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:08:40 +0000

Despite this year’s extreme volatility, the past ten years have been an extraordinary time to be an equity investor. This can be seen by looking at the so-called equity risk premium, which is simply the difference between returns on global stock markets and risk-free assets, such as U.S. dollar bank deposits. Over the very long […]

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Extreme uncertainty produces extreme opportunities

mschmit — Wed, 13 May 2020 05:26:33 +0000

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been an enormous human tragedy and its ultimate impact on the global economy remains impossible to predict. For many companies, the damage is likely to be severe, perhaps permanent, and this has been justifiably reflected in depressed share prices. But a key lesson from previous crashes is that periods of […]

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DB plans show positive Q1 growth: RBC

mschmit — Tue, 16 May 2017 07:25:05 +0000

Defined benefit pensions maintain positive growth at the start of 2017.

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Top Asset Classes in 2015

mschmit — Wed, 18 May 2016 12:37:05 +0000

When it comes to new institutional money, which asset classes pulled in the most in 2015?

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