{"id":17409,"date":"2019-11-05T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/canadian-db-plans-return-median-1-7-per-cent-in-q3-138398"},"modified":"2019-11-05T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:00:45","slug":"canadian-db-plans-return-median-1-7-per-cent-in-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/11\/05\/canadian-db-plans-return-median-1-7-per-cent-in-q3\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian DB plans return median 1.7 per cent in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/70753309_s-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"123rf\" title=\"Canadian DB plans return median 1.7 per cent in Q3\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 5, 2019 <\/p>\n<p>Canadian defined benefit pension plans posted a median 1.7 per cent return in the third quarter of 2019, down from 2.7 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the latest RBC Investor and Treasury Services\u2019 universe.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison to the&nbsp;same quarter last year, the returns represent an improvement, with DB plans posted a meagre 0.1 per cent return&nbsp;during the&nbsp;third quarter of 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/pooled-pension-fund-managers-see-modest-gains-for-q3-2019-137909\">Pooled pension fund managers see modest gains for Q3 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile markets remain volatile, the ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China, in addition to the geopolitical turbulence surrounding Brexit, continue to propel very modest pension plan returns,\u201d said Ryan Silva, director of client coverage for RBC Investor and Treasury Services, in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlan sponsors are encouraged to consider taking a defensive approach to lower investment risks, such as moving into private assets, blue chips and other relatively safe investments with stable track records,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/canadian-db-plans-return-median-1-7-per-cent-in-q3-138398\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 5, 2019 Canadian defined benefit pension plans posted a median 1.7 per cent return in the third quarter of 2019, down from 2.7 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the latest&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}