http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/08/rough-week-for-canada/ Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/08/rough-week-for-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12640 allaboutalpha.com: Welcome to AllAboutAlpha.com Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:48:45 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/08/rough-week-for-canada/#comment-12640 [...] Canadians won both categories in which were nominated last night.  The $100 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan picked up honors for the best public sector pension plan and the Vancouver-based managers of the Weyerhaeuser pension plan won for best corporate pension plan.  While this may seem to make up for Ottawa’s loss to Anaheim in the recent Stanley Cup final (see posting), Canadian managers might beg to differ.  In a further knock against Canada’s small, but talented, hedge fund manager community, both of these awards were given to investors, not managers.  At least these Canuck managers can take heart that their continued lack of recognition means they can also continue to exploit pricing anomalies in Canada’s well regulated, yet less informationally efficient capital markets. [...] [...] Canadians won both categories in which were nominated last night.  The $100 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan picked up honors for the best public sector pension plan and the Vancouver-based managers of the Weyerhaeuser pension plan won for best corporate pension plan.  While this may seem to make up for Ottawa’s loss to Anaheim in the recent Stanley Cup final (see posting), Canadian managers might beg to differ.  In a further knock against Canada’s small, but talented, hedge fund manager community, both of these awards were given to investors, not managers.  At least these Canuck managers can take heart that their continued lack of recognition means they can also continue to exploit pricing anomalies in Canada’s well regulated, yet less informationally efficient capital markets. [...]

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