Description: August 2011 issue of Risks & Rewards.

Description: Feature article describing the connection between negative demographics and economic growth.

Description: Feature article discussing the differences in the Canadian and American real estate markets.

Description: The article reviews recent investment performance of stable value compared to other low risk alternatives, discusses current criticisms of the option, and concludes that they are not well founded. Criticism reflects a lack of openness to the full range of stable value contracts available and manager bias against traditional GICs, not a real lack of wrap capacity. Stable value continues to be the pareto superior low risk option.

Description: A recently retired actuary reflects on how his choice of asset allocation and income annuity protection supports his priorities in retirement.

Description: Summarized the 2013 Investment Contest, listing winners in three categories.

Description: Summarizes the results of the 2014 Investment Section's Asset Allocation Contest

Description: Highlights a new research paper on determining discount rates for pension plans, by John Turner. The paper breaks new ground on deciding on the appropriate discount rate for untradeable benefit obligations, with a comprehensive summary of the field.

Description: The article makes reference to how the intervention by government agencies and institutions into the financial marketplace are creating distortions. This artificial tampering into market mechanisms will likely result in major financial dislocations down the road as natural economic forces (coined by the term "invisible hand") eventually are allowed to come into play.