Michael Nobrega
The role of private credit in the economic cycle
BY Yaelle Gang | February 22, 2019
With banks pulling back as suppliers of credit in times of economic downturn, investment funds entering the private credit space can help promote economic resilience ...
Local lessons: a Texas plan’s outlook on investments
BY Yaelle Gang | February 22, 2019
In a market environment where finding returns is tough, the Employees Retirement System of Texas turned to emerging markets and alternatives to provide the pension ...
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 ...
Technology and talent working in tandem
BY Yaelle Gang | February 20, 2019
Over the past several years, companies have focused on cost-cutting, but the scope to do this has been declining. At the same time, productivity growth ...
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 ...
OMERS Ventures talks innovation
BY Yaelle Gang | February 15, 2019
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is a direct investor across all its asset classes; however, as it continued to get bigger, it was missing ...
