Investors wearied by low bond yields and flat, overly volatile equity markets do—literally—have alternatives. Asset classes including real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and even timberland can be profitable options—provided investors take the time to allocate intelligently to these alternatives.
How can employers attract the best and brightest people and then keep them? The challenge is bigger for some industries than others.
Canadian pension plan sponsors face a scary investment environment: low bond yields and flat, overly volatile equity markets. Where to invest? T-bills offer the best diversification benefits, but a 1% annual return can’t fund a reasonable pension plan. Time, then, to consider alternative asset classes.
According to a poll from BMO today, Canadians don’t feel enough is done to help them understand financial matters.
The current investment environment is scary for Canadian pension plan sponsors: low bond yields and flat equity markets with too much volatility. Where do they invest? The asset class with the best diversification benefits is T-bills, but no one can fund a reasonable pension plan on a 1% annual return. Canadian plan sponsors, then, have been forced to consider alternative asset classes.
f the economic downturn of 2008 taught us anything, it’s that investing offers no guarantees. As markets collapsed and unemployment figures grew, casting a pall over individuals’ financial situations, the need for Canadians of all ages to build at least a basic level of financial education was underscored.
Only 11% of Canada’s leading organizations have a fully implemented talent management strategy, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by talent consulting firm Right Management. The poll found little consensus concerning workplace talent management strategies. Of 91 companies surveyed, 26% indicated that they have a strategy in place but face challenges with […]
The 2012 Canadian Securities Administrators Investor Index, released today, shows that the overall investment knowledge of Canadians is low and that investors are starting to turn to less conventional sources for investment information.
More employers are looking to expand their overall workforce, according to new data from Mercer. However, current employee engagement is low, so employers are turning to rewards to help increase engagement and to help hold on to their talent.
Most Canadians believe their own level of financial knowledge is higher than that of the "average Canadian," according to the latest RBC Canadian Consumer Outlook.