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Turning thought into action to strengthen Canada’s retirement income system

mschmit — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 05:47:19 +0000

With Canada ranking only ninth out of 37 countries on the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, more can be done to move it up the list, said Keith Ambachtsheer, director emeritus at the International Centre for Pension Management, speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Plan Sponsor Exchange conference in February. Canada has an aging demographic […]

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How past performance impacts pension plans’ return targets

mschmit — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 03:51:48 +0000

While the fact that past performance is not a guarantee of future results is a familiar refrain, it appears public pension funds’ return expectations do correlate with how they’ve performed in the past. A paper by Aleksandar Andonov, an associate professor of finance at the University of Amsterdam and Joshua Rauh, director of research and […]

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5,000 Canadians Retiring Every Week

mschmit — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:20:38 +0000

Pressure mounts on pension industry to manage longevity risk.

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