Market Insights

Pension investing with ETFs

DC and RSP benefits are completely a function of contributions and the actual investment result for each employee. Employees are responsible for the outcome, not employers, and the pension amount is unknown until retirement. High costs, poor investment decision-making and lack of scale are documented problems with DC plans, which have generally experienced returns 1% lower than DB plans over time, according to a recent Towers Watson study.

December 1, 2011

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Alpha versus beta

Should investors spend time choosing the best manager, or diversifying?

By Guy Lalonde |December 1, 2011

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Mawer managers in for the long haul

While in Calgary, managing editor Melissa Shin sat down with two portfolio managers from Mawer Investment Management to speak about their process and strategies: Paul Moroz, who manages the Mawer Global Small Cap Fund (pictured, left) and Grayson Witcher, who manages the Mawer U.S. Equity Fund (pictured, right).

By Melissa Shin |December 1, 2011

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Mawer tops the field at Investment Awards

The theme song for the night could have been “More, More, More”—or rather, “Mawer, Mawer, Mawer”—at the 17th annual Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards last night, as the Calgary based asset manager walked away with eight top awards.

By Staff |December 1, 2011

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