The great debate: when it comes to investing pension plan assets, choosing between active and passive management styles is an eternal struggle

• Published in: Benefits Canada Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 21
• Main Authors: Veillette, Rene, Reda, Sam
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Montreal Groupe Contex Inc 01.01.1999
• Subjects: Equity; Investments; Management; Pension funds; Volatility

In Canada, the variety of ways in which the active/passive debate plays itself out are as varied and diverse as the asset classes themselves. For starters, BENEFITS CANADA'S 1998 survey of the Top 100 pension funds determined that some $35 billion in Canadian equities is passively managed, comp...