liquid alternatives – 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 Are liquid alternative ETFs the next frontier for institutional investors? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/use-of-liquid-alternative-etfs-on-the-rise-among-institutional-investors-study/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:58:48 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/use-of-liquid-alternative-etfs-on-the-rise-among-institutional-investors-study/ New research from Greenwich Associates has found that institutional players have allocated US$47 billion to liquid alternative exchange traded funds, comprising a fair chunk of their allocation to liquid alternatives overall, which comes to US$882 billion. That said, only about one in 10 institutions have experience investing in liquid alternative ETFs. “However, about the same […]

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]]> Back to the basics on liquid alternatives https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/back-to-the-basics-on-liquid-alternatives/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:06:05 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/back-to-the-basics-on-liquid-alternatives/ There are many reasons for pension plans to consider exposure to liquid alternatives, but the first step is understanding the asset class. Simply, liquid alternatives are alternative assets, such as currency, commodities or emerging market debt, which are available in liquid forms, as well as alternative strategies like long-short investment strategies, says Michael Sager, vice-president […]

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]]> The role of liquid alternatives in pension portfolios https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/the-role-of-liquid-alternatives-in-pension-portfolios/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:59:00 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-role-of-liquid-alternatives-in-pension-portfolios/ Pension funds are diversifying into alternatives in an increasingly challenging environment for returns. But many of the traditional characteristics institutional investors seek to achieve by investing in alternatives may not actually be present depending on the particular asset class, said Michael Sager, vice-president and client portfolio manager in multi-asset and currency management at CIBC Asset […]

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