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SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  March 2022Year to DateSIC Institutional0.80%-3.75%Benchmark*-0.04%-4.36% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Performance among the...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  February 2022Year to DateSIC Institutional-1.70%-4.51%Benchmark*-1.21%-4.32% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Capital markets...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  January 2022Year to DateSIC Institutional-2.86%-2.86%Benchmark*-3.15%-3.15% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI The New Year got off...

Another Good Year in the Wings Accommodative monetary policy, generous government programs and the successful deployment of vaccines combined to produce another good year for equity market returns in 2021.  This was especially true for North American indices...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  December 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional2.75%10.79%Benchmark*2.75%11.37% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Despite concerns that...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  November 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional-0.82%7.83%Benchmark*0.21%8.39% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Investor confidence was...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  October 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional1.58%8.72%Benchmark*1.34%8.17% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI North American equity...

Capital Markets in Transition Over the past 13 years, global capital markets have experienced two extraordinary events – the Great Financial Crisis in 2008-09 and more recently the COVID-19 Pandemic.  While these two events were completely unrelated, they...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  September 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional-2.30%7.03%Benchmark*-2.07%6.74% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI September...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  August 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional1.68%9.55%Benchmark*1.76%8.99% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI US Equity markets...