The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is reporting a net investment return of 2.2 per cent as at June 30, 2025, representing a gain of $3.1 billion.
Net assets under management at the OMERS have increased to $140.7 billion, compared to $138.2 billion at the end of 2024. Over a 10-year period, the investment organization achieved a 6.9 per cent gain representing an increase of $70.2 billion.
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Infrastructure investments led the pack for the OMERS with a 3.6 per cent return, followed by private credit (2.7 per cent), public equities (2.4 per cent), government bonds (2.1 per cent), public credit (1.6 per cent) and real estate (1.1 per cent). However, private equities reported a loss with a negative 1.3 per cent return.
The OMERS’ portfolio has exposure across the world with the U.S. (55 per cent) being its biggest market, followed by Europe (18 per cent), Canada (16 per cent) and Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world (11 per cent).
In a press release, Blake Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer at the OMERS, said the investment organization had a positive start to a particularly challenging environment for investors this year.
“While we expect continued market instability for the remainder of 2025, we believe our diversification in quality assets positions us well to see through this cycle, with ample liquidity to pursue opportunities that meet our objective of paying pensions for generations to come.”
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