The CBIA was established in 2011 and represents over 50 of the largest fixed income institutional investor organizations in Canada, including those from the insurance, asset manager (including bank-owned), pension and investment counsel sectors. Those institutions represent more than $1 trillion of fixed income assets under management. As such, the CBIA is the voice of Canadian institutional bond investors, and hence of millions of pensioners, policyholders and retail investors who depend on CBIA members and other similar industry participants for the sound management of these investments.