The Value of the Canadian Model
Alot has been written about the superiority of the “Canadian model” for managing pensions, but can a value be assigned to this organisational design structure? ... Read More
Alot has been written about the superiority of the “Canadian model” for managing pensions, but can a value be assigned to this organisational design structure? ... Read More
A recent article in Investments & Pensions Europe discusses how investment strategies made popular by Canadian pension funds can add as much as 60 basis points a year above a passive benchmark.... Read More
The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) presented Keith Ambachtsheer with the 2017 Matthew R. McArthur Industry Pioneer Award.... Read More
"Innovation is about making things better in ways that benefit everyone”... Read More
A new look at Target Benefit Plans... Read More
"Long-Term Thinking Will Lead The Way To Improved Returns" - Financial Times, August 30, 2016... Read More
An Ambachtsheer/Waitzer Globe and Mail article comments on the need for regulators to step up and address investment adviser conflicts of interest and competency problems. ... Read More
IPE Magazine - two articles about important pension topics.... Read More
Chief Investment Officer online publication features Keith's Open Letter to Canada's National Post Columnist Andrew Coyne, who criticized the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a recent column.... Read More
This Globe and Mail article reports on the Ambachtsheer/Waitzer proposal asserting that the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) initiative could be the catalyst to raise effective workplace pension coverage in Canada. They argue this is more likely to happen if Canadian financial institutions were to compete with alternative offerings deemed "comparable" to the ORPP.... Read More