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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...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  July 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional1.02%7.74%Benchmark*1.36%7.11% * 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 Global equity and bond...

Managing Expectations For the past 15 months, global financial markets have been influenced primarily by generous government programs and historically low interest rates. These measures were designed to mitigate the negative economic and social consequences of the...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  June 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional2.41%6.64%Benchmark*2.16%5.68% * 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 continued to...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  May 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional0.57%4.14%Benchmark*0.98%3.44% * 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 Positive news on vaccination...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  April 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional1.30%3.55%Benchmark*1.22%2.43% * 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 Global equity markets...

Inching toward Neutral What a difference a year makes!!  Massive government programs have greatly mitigated the social and financial consequences of the pandemic-induced economic contraction.  At the same time, wide-ranging scientific innovation...