OPTrust returns 4.2% in 2025, remains fully funded
The OPSEU Pension Trust is reporting a 4.2 per cent net investment return in 2025, according to its latest year-end report. As at Dec. 31,…
- By: Staff
- March 13, 2026 March 12, 2026
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Ontario Teachers’ portfolio returns 6.7% in 2025, net assets grow to $279.4 billion
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan achieved a 6.7 per cent net investment return as at Dec. 31, 2025, resulting in a total investment income of…
- By: Staff
- March 12, 2026 March 11, 2026
- 11:00
My Take: Private equity model showing signs of concern for institutional investors
Private equity has played a diversifying role in the portfolios of institutional investors but the asset class could be showing signs of concern. Most outlooks…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- March 12, 2026 March 12, 2026
- 11:00
HOOPP reports 7.7% return in 2025, net assets increase to $132 billion
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan achieved a 7.7 per cent net return at the end of 2025, resulting in a net investment income of…
- By: Staff
- March 11, 2026 March 11, 2026
- 15:00
Canadian institutional investors taking a measured approach amid ongoing geopolitical, economic volatility
Despite the ongoing geopolitical and economic volatility that marked 2025 and will continue to shape 2026, institutional investors are taking a measured approach and viewing…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- March 6, 2026 March 6, 2026
- 08:55
CPP Investments relying on diversification to meet geopolitical uncertainty
At Canada Pension Plan Investments, the willingness to change your mind after meaningful world changes is just as important as the conviction of the rigorous…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- March 6, 2026 March 10, 2026
- 08:53
CPP Investments acquiring data centre company, signs MOU with Alberta energy firm
CPP Investments is acquiring Scandinavia-based data centre company atNorth from Partners Group. The deal, completed alongside partner Equinix, is valued at US$4 billion and both…
- By: Staff
- March 5, 2026 March 3, 2026
- 11:00
Iran conflict impacting oil prices, testing geopolitics as investment macro driver: expert
A new war breaking out in Iran is highlighting the effects of a new era of geopolitics as a recurring macro driver for institutional investors,…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- March 4, 2026 March 4, 2026
- 15:00
CPP Investments appointing David Colla as senior managing director, global head of credit investments
CPP Investments is appointing David Colla as senior managing director and global head of credit investments, effective April 1, 2026. Colla joined CPP Investments in…
- By: Staff
- March 3, 2026 March 3, 2026
- 09:00
Expert panel: Diversification, flexibility steering institutional investors amid ongoing volatility
The last decade has seen seismic shifts in geopolitical, macroeconomic, capital market and technological trends. Today, uncertainty abounds: U.S. policy has become increasingly erratic, and…
- By: Bert Clark
- February 26, 2026 February 24, 2026
- 11:00
OMERS returns 6%, improves funded status in 2025: report
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System earned a six per cent net investment return in 2025, generating $8.2 billion in net investment income, according to…
- By: Staff
- February 26, 2026 February 25, 2026
- 09:00
Caisse returns 9.3% in 2025 amid geopolitical volatility: report
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec returned 9.3 per cent for 2025, below its benchmark portfolio’s 10.9 per cent return, according to the…
- By: Staff
- February 26, 2026 February 26, 2026
- 09:00
Ontario Teachers’ increasing investments in climate assets to $70 billion by 2030
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is aiming to increase its investments in private climate transition assets to $70 billion by 2030, as part of the…
- By: Staff
- February 23, 2026 February 20, 2026
- 09:00
Caisse-backed Toronto real estate development fully leased, HOOPP portfolio properties achieve green certification
The second phase of a Toronto office property that was co-developed by the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec…
- By: Staff
- February 20, 2026 February 20, 2026
- 15:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on the ongoing governance crisis at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s pension plan was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past…
- By: Staff
- February 20, 2026 February 19, 2026
- 09:00
U.S. tariffs, AI impacting institutional investors in 2026: report
U.S. tariff rates, global trade relationships and growing opportunities in artificial intelligence are among the key factors impacting institutional investors in 2026, according to a…
- By: Staff
- February 19, 2026 February 17, 2026
- 11:00
Caisse halting investments in Dubai logistics firm over CEO’s alleged Epstein ties
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is halting investments in a Dubai-based logistics company due to alleged ties between the firm’s chief executive…
- By: Staff
- February 13, 2026 February 13, 2026
- 15:00
Two senior infrastructure leaders leave OMERS, European strategy unchanged
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is parting ways with two infrastructure leads in the wake of struggling investments in the European market, according to…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- February 12, 2026 February 12, 2026
- 11:00
Expert panel: Economic, political uncertainty shaping pension sector’s 2026 priorities
With global trade wars, environmental, social, and governance pushback and artificial intelligence advances, 2025 was a roller-coaster year for institutional investors. Unfortunately, 2026 is shaping…
- By: Sebastien Betermier
- February 11, 2026 February 9, 2026
- 09:00
UPP pursuing industrial European real estate through joint venture, Caisse selling 11% in Quebec telecommunications operator shares
The University Pension Plan Ontario is creating a joint venture with Schroders Capital to invest in high-quality logistics and industrial real estate across northwestern Europe.…
- By: Staff
- February 6, 2026 February 6, 2026
- 15:00
Ottawa wants to get banks, institutional investors involved in affordable housing: minister
The federal housing minister says he wants to ramp up the lagging pace of homebuilding in some provinces by bringing developers off the sidelines and…
- By: Craig Lord, the Canadian Press
- February 3, 2026 February 3, 2026
- 11:00
BCI appointing Jon Salon as executive vice-president, global head of private equity
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is appointing Jon Salon as executive vice-president and global head of private equity, effective Feb. 2, 2026. Salon first…
- By: Staff
- January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026
- 15:00
Institutional investors paying majority of fees to active managers: report
Nearly all (97 per cent) of fees paid by institutional investors go to active managers, virtually unchanged from 2023 (98 per cent), according to a…
- By: Staff
- January 29, 2026 January 29, 2026
- 11:00
CPP Investments creating joint venture to invest in medical buildings
CPP Investments is pursuing investments in medical outpatient buildings through a new a joint venture with IRA Capital and an undisclosed global institutional investor. The…
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2026 January 27, 2026
- 15:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
A survey of older Canadian employees by the National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.…
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2026 January 22, 2026
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