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Latest Press Releases
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Canada Life Asset Management Cuts Bond Fund Fees by up to 40%
Canada Life Asset Management (CLAM) has reduced the annual management charges (AMCs) of its active LF Canlife bond fund range.
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Canada Life Asset Management completes £43m debt deal with Amazon Property
Canada Life Asset Management has completed a £43 million bi-lateral loan to refinance three Central London multi-let residential blocks on Great Portland Street.
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Canada Life Asset Management completes third tranche of a £286m multi-jurisdiction real estate finance loan
Canada Life Asset Management has completed a bespoke real estate loan totalling £286 million for a private client
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Canada Life Asset Management welcomes new Asia fund manager
Canada Life Asset Management announces the appointment of Ming Kemp to oversee its Asia-Pacific equity investment strategies.
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Canada Life Asset Management commits £26.5 million to develop car park for NHS
The 1000 space multi-storey park and ride facility will serve the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
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72% of IFA's hold asset allocation steady during Covid-19
Almost three quarters (72%) of financial advisers have left their clients’ asset allocations the same throughout the volatility caused by Covid-19.
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Ask Real Estate secures funding for landmark Newcastle office scheme
Ask Real Estate has secured funding through Canada Life Asset Management for the development of One Strawberry Lane in the St James’ area of Newcastle City Centre.
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Canada Life Investments sells Farringdon office space for £29.6mn
London, UK - Canada Life Investments is pleased to announce the sale of Farringdon’s Superunion building for £29.6 million.
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Canada Life Investments to finance £11.6mn Sunderland hotel development
London, UK – Canada Life Investments is delighted to announce that it has acquired a 999 year head lease in the site at 1 Keel Square, Sunderland from the Cairn Group, a Newcastle based private leisure company.
Latest Market Insights
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Protecting Capital in a Rising Rate Environment
The last 12 months have seen fixed income assets fall in value at different times, for different reasons. The onset of the covid-19 crisis in March 2020 saw credit spreads widen significantly, negatively impacting the performance of credit-focused bond funds.
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The Polluter Pays ― If They Want To
Current carbon-offset arrangements are complex, inefficient and, for most companies, voluntary. Companies should start preparing now for a tougher regime.
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Short Stories
Short-duration bonds aren’t purely a defensive play. Mike Count, Senior Fund Manager of the LF Canlife Short Duration Corporate Bond Fund, sees selective opportunities for attractive returns among recovery and growth names.
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Rising yields offer silver lining for contrarian investors
Rising yields could be good news for companies with defined benefit pension scheme deficits and for insurers that buy out unwanted schemes
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Good quality never really goes out of fashion
Rising yields give a rare opportunity to buy quality growth companies at reasonable prices.
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Boomtime
Consumers have a record cash hoard burning a hole in their pockets. Investors may be drastically underestimating the strength and speed of the impending economic recovery.
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Cut Down the Hedge for a Better View of Global Bond Opportunities
Fixed income investors may be missing a trick by only allocating to hedged global fixed income products.
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Peak Yields Ahead
After a strong 2020, during which the LF Canlife Global Macro Bond Fund delivered a return in excess of 9.5%, the first three months of 2021 have proved much harder going. Bond yields have been rising more quickly than expected, with a 70bps upward movement in 10-year US Treasury yields at the start of 2021.
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Is Inflation Good?
Inflation could be making a come-back. Who will benefit?
Media Contact
Paul Keeble - Head of Media and PR paul.keeble2@canadalife.co.uk