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2025 Alternative Investment Conference: Enhancing portfolio resilience through strategic real estate allocation

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…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: The importance of carbon solutions for institutional investors and net-zero goals

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…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: Navigating private credit uncertainty with asset-based lending strategies

While the role of asset-based lending in an investment portfolio is as a core allocation within the private credit sleeve, it isn’t meant to be…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: Panel: Privately-listed assets pushing liquidity challenges to institutional investors

Alternative assets can maintain institutional investors’ liquidity needs if they generate enough income, but this method is getting expensive, according to Janet Rabovsky (pictured centre),…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: Investing at a breakpoint in economic history

The world is riding a shockwave set in motion by the transition to a data-driven economy and into the new age of machine knowledge capital,…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: Continuation fund transactions increasing amid volatile market landscape

The continuation fund model is a balanced response to open market uncertainty alongside high interest rates and volatility, according to Paul Smith, a partner at…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: City of Montreal finding sweet spot with exposure to alternative assets

A desire to diversify a heavy public equities portfolio led Montreal’s municipal pension plan sponsor to look more closely at alternative assets. Before the global…

2025 Alternative Investment Conference: Panel: Sustainable investment demand based in effective risk management process

The basis of sustainable investing relies on risk management and understanding long-term opportunities, said Bertrand Millot (pictured left), head of sustainability at the Caisse de…

Canadian financial institutions prepared for immediate climate risk impact, but more long-term planning needed: report

Canadian financial institutions appear ready to absorb projected potential losses from physical and transition risks caused by climate change, according to a new report by…

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  • October 1, 2025 September 29, 2025
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CPPIB CEO encouraged by domestic policies attracting global investment

Canada can attract more institutional capital due to its stable, predictable and transparent market, said John Graham, chief executive officer at the Canada Pension Plan…

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Average DB pension plan portfolio returns 0.8% in July: report

A representative defined benefit pension plan portfolio returned 0.8 per cent during the month of July due to a positive result from equities, according to…

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  • September 30, 2025 September 26, 2025
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ESG influencing company strategy, increasing oil market vulnerability: reports

CPPIB buys stake in U.S. natural gas firm, Caisse places $250 million investment through Quebec asset manager

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a 13 per cent indirect equity interest in natural gas firm Sempra Infrastructure Partners for roughly US$3…

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  • September 26, 2025 September 26, 2025
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BCI engaging companies on climate risks, leveraging investor stewardship: report

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. participated in 2,225 global meeting voting sessions during the 2025 proxy season, according to its new stewardship report. As…

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  • September 25, 2025 September 24, 2025
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Canadian asset owners increasingly re-thinking U.S. allocations due to currency risk, Trump policies: report

Canadian asset owners are increasingly evaluating allocations to the U.S. amid currency volatility, valuation weighed against expected returns in the jurisdiction, says Anya Levine, head…

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Canadian trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.5 trillion in Q1 2025: report

The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds reached $2.5 trillion at the end of the first quarter 2025, representing an 8.7…

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  • September 24, 2025 September 24, 2025
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HOOPP willing and ready to invest in Canadian infrastructure needs: CEO

The chief executive officer at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan delivered one of the clearest signals to the Canadian market that the Maple 8…

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PSP Investments reach $75.5 billion for green asset holdings in fiscal 2025: report

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is reporting $75.5 billion worth of green assets in its fiscal year 2025, up from $64.9 billion during the…

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  • September 22, 2025 September 22, 2025
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Mutual funds favour liquidity management during volatile periods: report

In times of heightened volatility, equity mutual funds rely on active management to maintain sufficient liquidity, according to new research from a member of York…

Ontario Teachers’ appointing Dale Burgess as managing director, equities

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Dale Burgess executive managing director of equities, effective immediately. Burgess has been at the investment organization since 1996…

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  • September 18, 2025 September 16, 2025
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REITs offering alternative real estate strategy access to institutional investors: expert

Real estate investment trusts are offering Canadian pension funds diversified commercial real estate exposure during uncertain period for overall real estate strategy, says John Worth,…

Ontario Teachers’ buying Houston industrial real estate asset, BCI acquiring paving maintenance services firm

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is completing the acquisition of an industrial facility in Houston alongside real estate investment advisor Sagard Real Estate. The financial…

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  • September 12, 2025 September 11, 2025
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Canadian institutional investors with U.S. investments facing impact from currency volatility

Canadian pension plan sponsors are facing a risky landscape in 2025 regarding currency fluctuation between the Canadian and U.S. dollar. Asset owners with access to…

World’s 300 largest pension funds reach US$24.4 billion in assets: report

The value of the world’s 300 largest pension funds reached US$24.4 trillion in 2024, growing by 7.8 per cent to reach a new record sum,…

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  • September 11, 2025 September 10, 2025
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Oxford appointing Eric Plesman as president, CEO

Oxford Properties Group, the real estate investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, is appointing Eric Plesman as president and chief executive officer.…

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  • September 10, 2025 September 9, 2025
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ICPM highlighting global pension research with academic presentation prize

The International Centre for Pension Management is rewarding four of the most advanced pension research projects after reviewing presentations from several academics in Toronto last…