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Highlights video | Stephen Kotkin

Highlights video | Stephen Kotkin

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Canada’s Maple 8 ‘couldn’t be more different’, says OMERS

Much can be said about Canada’s so-called Maple 8 funds and their pension models, which have provided stellar learning materials for the rest of the world, but OMERS chief executive Blake Hutcheson questioned whether bundling them all together is appropriate.

Pioneers of the Canadian model say its principles are under siege

A founding principle of the Canadian pension system is under attack. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Toronto heard from four individuals who have been instrumental in making the system what it is today, and that the sound principles that made the system great need to be defended.

Why MFS no longer pays on short-term results

If managers want to reinforce their long-term investor bona fides they should adopt appropriate time horizons for investments they make, disclose more about asset holding duration, and reconsider paying themselves based on short-term results. Only then will the interests of asset owners and the managers they employ be truly aligned.

FIS Toronto 2024 Gallery

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‘Golden age of private credit’ comes with idiosyncratic risks: Pictet

Pictet private debt head Andreas Klein says “mainstream” private credit investments have run their course as buyout activity decreases and global regulators up their oversight. Instead, investors should consider “micro-niches”, but he warns these emerging corners of the market come with hidden and unique risks.

Stock-bond correlation ‘shock’ prompts portfolio rethink

For the past two years the correlation between bonds and equities has been positive, counter to the long-term assumed relationship between the asset classes. The challenges for asset owners include determining whether the change is transient or long-term, and what it means for portfolio construction either way.

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