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How have Canada’s DB pensions changed over the last decade?

mschmit — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:30:54 +0000

Whether it’s battling the challenges of plan maturity, increasing longevity, the changing nature of work or difficult financial markets, these so-called golden handcuffs are looking pretty dented in some cases. But the 10 years following the great financial crisis wasn’t all bad. Many public pension plans, as well as affiliated administrators and investment managers, have […]

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Nova Scotia’s PSSP reports 98.5% funded status, halts indexing for five years

mschmit — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 03:42:05 +0000

Nova Scotia’s Public Service Superannuation Plan reported a 98.5 per cent funded status as of Dec. 31, 2019 and said it will halt cost-of-living adjustments for retirees for the next five years. According to the plan’s 2020 funded health review, its funding policy prohibits indexing when the PSSP’s funded status is below 100 per cent. […]

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When does active management make sense for large pension funds?

mschmit — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:34:19 +0000

For many passive investors, the belief in efficient markets is core. But how efficient are markets at different parts of the capitalization spectrum? A new paper by CEM Benchmarking Inc. looks at the historical performance of actively managed portfolios for dedicated U.S. large cap equity portfolios and dedicated U.S. small cap equity portfolios for large […]

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