Canadian Public Pension Fund Makes 19% on Bond Portion of its Portfolio Yr End March 31, 2009

(c)2009 F. Bruce Abel

A good result that shows the value of diversification by having a fixed income balance. Fifth Third barely broke even on its bond portfolio for the same time period in the trust that I follow, largely, I believe, because it invested in Various Bond Funds which had toxic assets such as Fannie and Freddie preferreds, and perhaps had bad derivatives as well.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/federal-pension-plan-books-227-loss/article1229050/

You will note that the comments and the gist of the article is that the Canadian pension fund managers did not deserve their large pay because the overall portfolio showed a loss of 22.7%. But I dispute that conclusion, as the bond portion did quite well.