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Caisse rounds out 2018 with 4.2% return
BY Staff | February 25, 2019
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ended 2018 with a return of 4.2 per cent, beating its benchmark portfolio, which returned 2.4 per cent, ...
OMERS investing in Indian toll-road concessions
BY Staff | February 25, 2019
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s infrastructure arm is taking on a 22 per cent stake in IndInfravit Trust, an Indian-based infrastructure conglomerate, for $160 million. IndInfravit, which ...
Revisiting the commuted-value standard
BY Yaelle Gang | February 21, 2019
The Actuarial Standards Board is consulting on changes to key components of how the commuted value for a pension plan is calculated. The commuted-value standard is ...
Ontario DB plans’ solvency drops in last quarter of 2018: FSCO
BY Benefits Canada Staff | February 20, 2019
Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans had a median solvency ratio of 94 per cent at the end of 2018, according to the Financial Services Commission ...
U.K. government consults on incorporating illiquid assets in DC investments
BY Yaelle Gang | February 20, 2019
A consultation paper by the U.K. government is considering how defined contribution plans could incorporate more illiquid investments. Specifically, the consultation’s proposals include requiring larger DC ...
97% of institutional investors seek non-financial disclosures from investee companies: survey
BY Staff | February 19, 2019
The vast majority (97 per cent) of institutional investors said they conduct an evaluation of their target companies’ non-financial disclosures, representing close to a 20 ...
Back to basics on currency hedging
BY Martha Porado | February 19, 2019
The world was caught off guard when the U.K. voted to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016, since the majority of polls had ...
Are annuities super bonds?
BY Yaelle Gang | February 15, 2019
Last year was a strong year for the Canadian annuity market and the start of 2019 is looking promising as well, said Marie Desrochers, director ...
What trends are dominating private assets for 2019?
BY Martha Porado | February 15, 2019
As alternative investments become ubiquitous among institutional portfolios, harnessing the right strategies will make all the difference in an environment where returns are proving harder ...
DC pension assets surpass DB assets in world’s largest markets: report
BY Benefits Canada Staff | February 13, 2019
Defined contribution plan assets now account for more than 50 per cent of total assets across the world’s seven largest pension markets, surpassing defined benefit plan assets ...
