In its 2025 budget, the federal government announced several initiatives to incentivize institutional investors to back domestic infrastructure and business ventures. The budget proposed $1…
On Sept. 30, more than 80 defined contribution pension plan sponsors, consultants, asset managers and other industry stakeholders met at the Omni King Edward Hotel…
According to MFS Investment Management’s Sean Kenney, his three sisters would all fall within the same target-date age cohort, but their lifestyles and retirement goals…
While integrating private assets into target-date funds can give plan members income-generating and diversification benefits at an attractive risk profile relative to traditional asset classes,…
After a “Goldlilocks period” of low inflation and economic stability in the 2010s, the coming decades are expected to be marked by a higher cost…
Hudson’s Bay Co. is returning its former stores to landlords, effectively ending a British Columbia billionaire’s fight to take over the collapsed retailer’s leases. Franco…
A sustainability investments classification platform co-founded by the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is being acquired by Net Purpose. The financial details of the transaction…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is granting operational management of its office buildings in Quebec to real estate services firm Canderel. This…
If U.S. securities authorities change the long-established financial reporting requirements for companies, it could bring the due diligence process for public companies closer to private…
The infrastructure arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System has confirmed the completed inaugural senior unsecured bond issuance for the BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust…
An article on recent private equity investments by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Christopher Metrakos as executive managing director of infrastructure and natural resources, effective immediately. In this role, he’ll be…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring an additional 25 per cent stake in the environmental services division of FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente Holding…
An article on how Canadian institutional investors are approaching risk management amid increasing political tension with the U.S. was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this…
Not everyone can say they’ve spent two decades at the same organization, but Candy Wong, portfolio manager of external managers and international strategies at Manitoba’s…
A disconnect between how governments and pension funds conduct business could delay capital allocations to urgent infrastructure projects, says Sebastien Betermier, associate professor of finance…
The ongoing regulatory embrace of cryptocurrencies is generating interest in the asset class among institutional investors, according to a new report by Amundi. It found…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing US$1 billion in energy firm ArcLight Capital Partners LLC’s AlphaGen, one of the largest independent power portfolios…
An article on why Canadian retirees are withdrawing less income from their workplace savings plans was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here…
Canadian financial institutions are staring down the barrel of a new world dynamic between Canada and the U.S. and Mark Zelmer, former deputy superintendent of…
At the end of a busy summer marked by unprecedented pressures from equity volatility and inflation, defined benefit plan sponsors, money managers and other investment…
When looking at private equity, innovation is an important factor driving opportunities for institutional investors, said Orlando González, investment director of private equity at T. Rowe Price…
As institutional investors navigate complex markets and demanding governance requirements, Grace Uniacke, director of alternatives solutions at Russell Investments, suggests they move their portfolios from disconnected compartments…
Despite short-term headwinds and headlines, institutional investors must maintain conviction in their long-term strategy, focusing on portfolio construction to build resiliency and generate compelling risk-adjusted…
While voluntary carbon markets are a bit like the Wild West, carbon removals actually pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and sequester it, according…