April 2017

25Apr

Performance Evaluation of Pooled Funds in US and Canada

Pension funds kick off 2017 with positive returns. Morneau Shepell (MSI) has released the results of its Performance Universe of Pension Managers' Pooled Funds for the first quarter of 2017. According to the report, in the first quarter of 2017, diversified pooled fund managers posted a median return of 3.0 per cent before management fees. "Stock markets made strong advances in the first quarter. Emerging market equities dominated with an impressive return of 10.9 per cent for the MSCI Emerging Markets...

April 25, 2017
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05Apr

New report suggests a ‘fully-funded’ expanded Canada Pension Plan might not be such a sure thing

A new report that looks at the federal government’s blueprint for an expanded Canada Pension Plan warns the larger payouts are predicated on returns that may not materialize over the next 40-75 years. The C.D. Howe Institute in a paper out Tuesday is calling on Ottawa to be more forthcoming about the potential investment risk for the plan, suggesting that over the next 40 years the expanded plan will achieve 90 per cent of targeted benefits only 54 per cent...

April 5, 2017
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March 2017

23Mar

Canada. A $116B Pension Fund Is Walking Back Incendiary Claims Against Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital

When Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board tried to redeem $500 million from Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital in 2015, the $116 billion pension fund for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came to believe it was shortchanged during the process. In the fall of 2015, PSP sued Saba Capital, accusing the highly followed hedge fund of "self-dealing" and mis-marking illiquid fund assets to minimize the redemption, thus growing value for its remaining fund investors. Now, PSP is walking back those incendiary...

March 23, 2017
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