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HOOPP looking to LDI strategy 2.0 amid low interest rates

mschmit — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:36:38 +0000

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is well-known for its liability-driven investing strategy, which helped it successfully weather the 2008 financial crisis. During the coronavirus fallout, in an era of historically low interest rates, the HOOPP is working on developing LDI 2.0. “We’re very focused on liabilities, but what you do when interest rates are […]

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A primer on commercial mortgage funds

mschmit — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 06:28:34 +0000

The last decade of persistently low interest rates, exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis, has created challenges for institutional investors looking to generate income on their bond investments. The challenge has been more acute for pension funds and foundations, who rely on bond investments to fund their ongoing benefit and program obligations. Moreover, indications from global […]

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What’s next for monetary policy on other side of coronavirus crisis?

mschmit — Wed, 13 May 2020 06:47:16 +0000

Monetary and fiscal policy-makers around the world are taking different approaches to tackling the current economic crisis, but their actions today will pose challenges down the road, says Erik Weisman, chief economist at MFS Investment Management. Looking at combined monetary and fiscal policy responses, the U.S. is likely the most aggressive, while Europe and Japan […]

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Are negative rates coming to Canada?

mschmit — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:51:49 +0000

There has been a lot of buzz about negative interest rates lately, as the idea that you would have to pay governments to borrow your money seems to turn the very foundation of finance on its head. But that is exactly what is happening right now for trillions of dollars in the world’s bond markets. […]

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What if foreign holders dumped U.S. Treasuries?

mschmit — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:18:18 +0000

New paper posits the impact on rates.

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