by Alexander D. Beath, Chris Flynn, Edsart Heuberger, Product Manager, Pension Administration | May 14, 2025 | Research
The cost of administering benefits for large Defined Benefit (DB) pensions varies significantly worldwide, from under £14 per member in the U.K. to over $325 CAD in Canada. This whitepaper quantifies these cost differences, considering factors like currency,...
by Keith Ambachtsheer, Sebastien Betermier, Chris Flynn | Jun 18, 2024 | Research
This report examines the domestic vs. international breakdown of investments for Canadian pension funds, and barriers to domestic investment. It finds the proportion of Canadian listed equity and fixed income holdings is relatively high compared to the global share of...
by Kam Mangat, Chris Flynn, Shayan Bokhari | Jul 24, 2021 | Research
Responsible investing has increasingly become an important part of managing assets. Pension funds are implementing strategies and processes to ensure environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors are taken into consideration as investments are made....
by Sebastien Betermier, Chris Flynn, Quentin Spehner | Mar 8, 2021 | Research
This original CEM research was published in the March 2021 edition of the Journal of Portfolio Management (JPM). If you subscribe to the JPM you can access the article here. If you don’t, but want to get a copy of the reprint, there is a chance we can get a copy for...
by Chris Flynn | Dec 18, 2020 | Research
This original CEM research was published in the December 2020 edition of the Journal of Investing. To get a copy of the article’s reprint, just click the download button below. ABSTRACT The CEM database contains private equity true-time weighted portfolio returns net...
