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OMERS says its portfolio lost 2.7 per cent, net of expenses, in 2020
TheOntario Municipal Employees Retirement System says its portfolio lost 2.7 per cent, net of expenses, last year as the coronavirus pandemic hammered its investments. The pension-fund…
- By: The Canadian Press
- February 25, 2021 February 25, 2021
- 22:48
Canadian employer pension plans’ asset value rebounds to $2.12 trillion: report
The market value of assets held by Canadian employer pension plans increased to $2.12 trillion in the third quarter of 2020, according to a new report…
- By: Staff
- February 25, 2021 February 25, 2021
- 10:00
BCI setting climate-related investment targets for 2025
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is committing to five-year climate-related targets for its public markets program. The pension fund is targeting a cumulative $5-billion…
- By: Staff
- February 24, 2021 February 25, 2021
- 15:00
Caisse selling back $400M in shares to tech consultancy
CGI Inc. is buying back and cancelling 4.2 million of its class-A subordinate voting shares from the Caisse de depot et placement du Québec for…
- By: The Canadian Press, with files from staff
- February 23, 2021 February 23, 2021
- 09:00
Canada’s institutional investors focusing on social factors in 2021
While all environmental, social and governance factors are increasingly important to Canada’s institutional investors, it’s the social aspect that’s been a key driver of investment…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- February 22, 2021 February 22, 2021
- 09:00
Bitcoin ETFs begin trading in North America
North America’s first Bitcoin exchange-traded funds began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange recently. The Purpose Bitcoin ETF, developed by Toronto-based Purpose Investments, was approved…
- By: The Canadian Press, with files from staff
- February 19, 2021 February 22, 2021
- 15:00
Caisse reinvesting in emerging asset managers program
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is reinvesting $25 million in the Quebec Emerging Managers Program. The investment is part of a $110-million…
- By: Staff
- February 19, 2021 February 19, 2021
- 09:00
University pension plans engaging investees on climate change risks
A coalition of Canadian university endowments and pension plans are launching a new initiative to engage investee corporations on climate change risks. The initiative will…
- By: Staff
- February 19, 2021 February 19, 2021
- 09:00
Investors expect gold prices to remain bullish: survey
Four in five investors expect the price of gold to rise in 2021, while two out of five expect it to gain at least five…
- By: Staff
- February 18, 2021 February 18, 2021
- 09:00
Pension plans are navigating the bumpy road to recovery
Promising vaccine and coronavirus treatment news, coupled with the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, has given markets a glimmer of certainty and optimism this…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- February 16, 2021 February 18, 2021
- 08:56
Lessons from the Desjardins Group pension plan on pivoting after economic turmoil
The Desjardins Group pension plan faced a reckoning following the 2008/09 financial crisis: its assets were down 40 per cent and it was watching other…
- By: Alison MacAlpine
- February 16, 2021 February 18, 2021
- 08:54
Back to basics on cryptocurrency
The term cryptocurrency may evoke a number of different images, from lightning-fast computers fuelling get-rich-quick schemes to shady rooms where hackers plot multi-million dollar digital…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- February 16, 2021 February 18, 2021
- 08:51
Mercer Canada report says rally in stocks helped strengthen pension plans to end year
A rally on the stock market in the fourth quarter helped boost the strength of Canadian defined benefit pension plans to end the year, a…
- By: The Canadian Press
- January 5, 2021 January 31, 2021
- 10:28
Ontario Teachers’ Jennifer Newman elected to IIROC board
Several members were either elected or re-elected to the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada’s board of directors last week. Among the newly elected members…
- By: Staff
- September 28, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 10:54
Caisse investing in European elderly care company
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring a minority interest in Colisée Group, a Paris-based elderly care company. The investment, alongside an…
- By: Staff
- September 25, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 08:28
Canada Life absorbing TD Bank Future Builders’ RSP program plan members
The Canada Life Assurance Co. is absorbing the Toronto-Dominion Bank’s TD Future Builders retirement savings plan program members as of March 19. “We believe Canada…
- By: Staff
- January 6, 2021 January 31, 2021
- 12:21
A look at the investment variables of variable benefits
Since retirees and active plan members are fundamentally different, should their investment options reflect that distinction? That’s the question confronting defined contribution plan sponsors as…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- September 18, 2020 December 11, 2020
- 08:54
Plan Sponsor Week: How DC pension investments handled the pandemic crash
Defined contribution plan members are contending with volatile equity markets, ultra-low interest rates and the threat of inflation as the country’s economy begins its tentative…
- By: Martha Porado
- September 4, 2020 February 23, 2021
- 08:40
CPPIB appoints first chief investment officer
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is appointing Edwin Cass as its first-ever chief investment officer. In the new role, he’ll be responsible for total…
- December 10, 2020 January 22, 2021
- 18:48
IPOs head for banner year on stock market’s strength
Companies that cater to the “new normal” of working and shopping from home are rushing to go public. 2020 could turn out to be the…
- By: Damian J. Troise, the Associated Press
- September 24, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 12:36
Where did institutional equity investors turn in coronavirus crash?
During the coronavirus market crash, U.S. stocks with higher institutional ownership experienced worse performance, especially those held by active, short-term and domestic institutions, according to…
- By: Staff
- August 17, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 08:40
Pension funds increasing in-house asset management: survey
Canada’s pension funds are shifting asset management functions in-house while becoming more strategic about oversight of external managers, according to a new survey from CIBC…
- By: Staff
- February 10, 2021 February 16, 2021
- 15:00
Scotiabank renewing lease in AIMCo-, KingSett Capital-owned building
Scotiabank is renewing its lease for up to 1.1 million square feet of space in two buildings, including the iconic Scotia Plaza, located in the…
- By: Staff with files from Canadian Press
- February 10, 2021 February 16, 2021
- 10:30
Ontario Teachers’ sells mall shares amid GameStop rally, invests in low-carbon company
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is cashing in on the recent GameStop Corp. stock rally, after selling its shares in a U.S.-based retail real-estate company…
- By: Staff
- February 5, 2021 February 16, 2021
- 15:00
BCI adopting more stringent ESG expectations
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is raising its environmental, social and governance-related expectations for the publicly-traded companies it invests in. Under its new proxy-voting…
- By: The Canadian Investment Review
- February 11, 2021 February 11, 2021
- 10:00
Ontario Teachers’ committing to net-zero emissions by 2050
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is committing to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The commitment includes the establishment of concrete targets for portfolio…
- By: Staff
- January 22, 2021 February 16, 2021
- 15:00
How lessons from one crisis helped HOOPP tackle another
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s struggles when the dot-com bubble burst planted the seeds for the liability-driven investing strategy it’s so well known for…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 09:00
It’s time to revolutionize how investment firms are paid
Investment management is an unusual business in that it doesn’t typically offer customers their money back if they’re unsatisfied with the product or service. This…
- By: Chris Horwood
- January 6, 2021 February 5, 2021
- 10:12
Will the environment be back on institutional investor agendas in 2021?
For institutional investors keen to maintain environmental, social and governance commitments made in recent years, there’s a steep climb ahead. The Paris Agreement — and…
- By: Staff
- January 6, 2021 January 31, 2021
- 10:03
EMPEA appointing CPPIB’s Suyi Kim to board of directors
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association is appointing Suyi Kim, head of Asia Pacific at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, to its board of…
- December 10, 2020 January 22, 2021
- 19:05
IIROC nominates three candidates for independent director positions
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada is nominating three candidates for upcoming independent director positions on its board. The nominees — Malcolm Heins, Jennifer Newman and Laura…
- December 10, 2020 January 23, 2021
- 19:14
Blake Hutcheson succeeds Michael Latimer as OMERS’ CEO
As reported in December 2019, Blake Hutcheson has succeeded Michael Latimer as the new chief executive officer of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, effective June…
- December 10, 2020 January 23, 2021
- 19:13
Charles Emond, Jean Raby to co-chair Investor Leadership Network’s CEO council
The Investor Leadership Network is appointing Charles Emond, president and chief executive officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and Jean Raby, CEO of Natixis…
- December 10, 2020 January 22, 2021
- 19:10
Institutional investing in 2021: looking towards the future
Last year offered up one of most tempestuous investment environments in recent memory, and this year looks to be equally dynamic. It will be increasingly…
- By: Colin Ripsman
- January 4, 2021 February 5, 2021
- 09:23
Finding yield and diversification opportunities in small-balance credit
Small-balance credit—a subset of alternative credit gaining traction in the United States as fintech makes modest consumer and business loans more investable—could be a yield…
- By: Alison MacAlpine
- December 22, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 09:02
Value taking centre stage in discussions around defined-contribution investment fees
Anyone flipping through a prospectus for an employer’s defined contribution pension plan or group registered retirement savings plan will notice a recurring theme when it…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- December 18, 2020 January 30, 2021
- 09:43