CPPIB-backed sports entertainment stock rebounds after disastrous Nasdaq debut
A sport data intelligence and entertainment provider backed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is seeing its stock price recover following a disastrous first…
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HOOPP appointing Michael Wissell as chief investment officer
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is appointing Michael Wissell as its chief investment officer. Prior to the new role, Wissell was the plan’s senior…
- By: Staff
- September 16, 2021 September 15, 2021
- 09:00
DC pension members prioritizing remuneration, ESG resolutions: survey
Governance-related resolutions are receiving more overall votes from defined contribution pension plan members, but environmental issues are more engaging on a vote-per-measure basis, according to…
- By: Staff
- September 14, 2021 September 14, 2021
- 12:00
CPPIB, Ontario Teachers’ among the world’s top 20 pension funds
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are among the 20 largest pension funds in the world in terms of…
- By: Staff
- September 9, 2021 September 9, 2021
- 12:20
Pensions in position to off load risks: expert
“Plans are, for the first time in a long time, in a position to off-load risk,” says Murray Wright, one of the contributors to LifeWorks…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- September 7, 2021 September 7, 2021
- 13:00
Majority of climate-themed equity funds out of alignment with Paris Agreement: report
The majority of climate-themed equity funds offer only marginal benefits compared to the broader market, according to a new report by the London-based think tank…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- September 2, 2021 September 2, 2021
- 13:30
ESG integration hampered by pension plan sponsors, uncertainty around fiduciary duties: research paper
Board and executive-level efforts to integrate environmental, social and governance issues into pension plans’ investment strategies are frequently thwarted by unclear guidance from plan sponsors…
- By: Staff
- September 2, 2021 September 2, 2021
- 09:00
Ontario Teachers’, PSP join consortium to buy Australian infrastructure investment company
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are part of a consortium making a binding offer to buy an Australian…
- By: Staff
- August 31, 2021 August 31, 2021
- 13:15
Canada ahead of U.S. in regulating ESG investments but more required: report
Broad support for regulating environmental, social and governance-themed investments in Canada has left the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission playing catch-up with its northern neighbour,…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- August 31, 2021 September 1, 2021
- 12:30
Bâtirente unveils new plan to optimize investments across all funds
Bâtirente is introducing a new strategy that seeks to optimize its fixed income, global equity and environmentally responsible investment allocations. The Montreal-based pension’s new fund…
- By: Staff
- August 26, 2021 August 26, 2021
- 12:30
BCI, Chinese energy company clash over position on non-independent board members
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is once again voting against nine proposals supported by the board of China Gas Holdings Ltd., including the re-election…
- By: Staff
- August 26, 2021 August 26, 2021
- 11:30
OMERS joining think tank to find uses for AI in the pension sector
A new strategic collaborative project between the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System and an artificial intelligence-oriented think tank is aiming to expand the use of…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021
- 13:15
Ontario Teachers’ returns 3.8% in first half of 2021
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan returned 3.8 per cent in the first half of 2021, a significant improvement on its negative 0.4 per cent return…
- By: Staff
- August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021
- 12:00
AIMCo, Caisse mid-year results beat benchmarks
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec both beat benchmark index returns for the first half of 2021. As…
- By: Staff
- August 20, 2021 August 20, 2021
- 09:00
CPPIB invests in German ceramics firm, Caisse to redesign central London building
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing in a German ceramics manufacturing business. The CPPIB joined the U.K.-based alternative investment management group BC Partners…
- By: Staff
- August 19, 2021 August 18, 2021
- 09:00
British PM calling on domestic institutional investors to be more like Canadian pension funds
In an open letter, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak are calling on the U.K.’s institutional investors to follow the…
- By: Staff
- August 9, 2021 August 9, 2021
- 15:00
BCI returns 16.5% and increases AUM in fiscal 2021: annual report
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. returned 16.5 per cent for its combined pension plan clients and increased its assets under management from $171.3 billion…
- By: Staff
- July 27, 2021 July 26, 2021
- 12:00
Cryptocurrency sentiment growing bearish, finds survey
Canadian investors and advisors were skeptical about cryptocurrency in the second quarter of 2021, according to a new quarterly survey by Horizons ETF Management Inc.…
- By: Staff
- July 22, 2021 July 23, 2021
- 12:30
CPPIB invests in India’s top e-commerce company, Caisse in India’s bio-tech labs
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing $1 billion in Amazon.com Inc.’s chief rival in the Indian e-commerce sector. The Flipkart Group, which was founded in…
- By: Staff
- July 13, 2021 July 12, 2021
- 08:50
CPPIB sells energy company stake to Ontario Teachers’, Caisse enters joint venture to finance real estate developments
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has reached a deal to sell half of its shares of a Washington-based energy company to the Ontario Teachers’…
- By: Staff
- July 8, 2021 July 9, 2021
- 11:00
UTAM naming Chuck O’Reilly as new president, CIO
The University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. is appointing Chuck O’Reilly as its next president and chief investment officer. O’Reilly, the UTAM’s senior portfolio manager…
- By: Staff
- July 6, 2021 July 6, 2021
- 15:00
CPPIB, AIMCo re-invest in telecom infrastructure giant, BCI in logistics firm
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. are together investing $2.4 billion in the Australian digital infrastructure company BAI Communications…
- By: Staff
- June 29, 2021 June 30, 2021
- 10:00
Caisse invests in health-care company, Ontario Teachers’ in Chinese microfinance firm
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is participating in a $225 million Series D funding round of AlayaCare, a Montreal-based at-home health-care software…
- By: Staff
- June 24, 2021 June 23, 2021
- 10:30
PSP reporting 18.4% net return for fiscal 2021
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is reporting a net return of 18.4 per cent in fiscal 2021. As of March 31, 2021, the PSP…
- By: Staff
- June 22, 2021 June 21, 2021
- 09:00
Financial market regulators highlighting focus on DC investment fees
Investment fees led the agenda at the Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators’ annual meeting last week. This year, the forum engaged externally on investment fees,…
- By: Staff
- June 15, 2021 June 14, 2021
- 15:00