Pension funds seek alternative yield

Canadian pension funds invest in fewer alternative assets than their foreign counterparts.

However, more funds (38%) delved into that space in 2013, compared to 25% in 2010. That was the main message of a Mercer roundtable on alternatives in Toronto on Thursday. Read more.

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