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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-28T19:47:53+00:00Reaching for yield or resiliency? Explaining the shift in Canadian pension plan portfolios
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2021/08/staff-analytical-note-2021-20/
“Reach for yield”—This is the commonly heard explanation for why pension plans shift their portfolios toward alternative assets. But we show that the new portfolios also hold more bonds, offer lower average returns and produce smaller and less volatile solvency deficits. These shifts are part of a broader strategy to reduce solvency risk.2021-08-25T15:00:56+00:00enReaching for yield or resiliency? Explaining the shift in Canadian pension plan portfolios2021-08-25Non-bank financial intermediation in Canada: a pulse check
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2021/03/staff-analytical-note-2021-2/
The Canadian non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) sector saw strong growth in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, COVID‑19 caused a financial shock. We provide a preliminary analysis on the impact of COVID‑19 on the sector as well as an update on its growth.2021-03-23T10:00:41+00:00enNon-bank financial intermediation in Canada: a pulse check2021-03-23COVID-19 and bond market liquidity: alert, isolation and recovery
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2020/07/staff-analytical-note-2020-14/
The disruption due to COVID-19 reverberated through the bond markets in three phases. In the first phase, dealers met the rising demand for liquidity. In the second, dealers reduced the supply of liquidity, and trading conditions worsened significantly. Finally, the market returned to relative stability following several interventions by the Bank of Canada.2020-07-03T10:00:30+00:00enCOVID-19 and bond market liquidity: alert, isolation and recovery2020-07-03