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Trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.1T in Q1: StatsCan

bwolfe — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:32:29 +0000

The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds totalled $2.1 trillion at the end of the first quarter, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Public sector assets amounted to $1.6 trillion, accounting for 77.5 per cent of the overall assets, while private sector assets totalled $474 billion. Revenues totalled $62.3 billion, […]

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Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate rose 0.5% in September

mschmit — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:29:26 +0000

Canada’s headline inflation measure went up in September by 0.5 per cent compared with a year ago, a better-than-expected increase, but one that experts say won’t sway the Bank of Canada’s stimulus measures. Economists had, on average, expected a year-over-year increase of 0.4 per cent, according to financial data firm Refinitiv, following readings of 0.1 […]

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Statistics Canada says economy posted record 11.6 per cent plunge in April

mschmit — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:21:11 +0000

Statistics Canada says the economy saw its largest monthly drop on record in April as it came to a near standstill due to the pandemic, but early indications point to a rebound in May as businesses began to reopen. The agency said Tuesday gross domestic product fell 11.6 per cent in April with non-essential businesses […]

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Market value of trusteed pension plans down in Q3 2018: StatsCan

mschmit — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 03:50:52 +0000

Assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds slumped in market value by 0.7 per cent during the third quarter of 2018, falling to just under $1.9 trillion. Asset value did, however, grow by 7.3 per cent on a year-over-year basis, since the third quarter of 2017. Real estate investments accounted for the bulk of the […]

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16 Tons

mschmit — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:52:26 +0000

Canadian consumers, like many plan sponsors, are now having to reckon with the fact that asset growth does not necessarily fund liabilities.

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