Canadian defined benefit pension plans posted a return of 14 per cent in 2019, according to the RBC Investor and Treasury Services’ universe. These double-digit…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with Piramal Asset Management Private Ltd. to form a US$300 million platform to invest…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is joining forces with the Marcel Dutil family’s Placements CMI and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ to…
FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit institute focused on developing research and tools to encourage long-term investing, is appointing Mark Machin, chief executive officer of the Canada Pension…
Ron Mock, who recently retired as the president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has been appointed a senior fellow of…
The company behind the $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia says it’s made a deal to sell a 65 per cent equity interest in…
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is calling for a merger of management services for the province’s public-sector pensions. Pallister says he’s not suggesting the funds themselves…
The B.C. agency responsible for managing public-sector pension plan investments is constitutionally immune from remitting goods-and-services taxes related to those portfolios, the Supreme Court of…
While an outsourced chief investment officer model may be the right option for a pension plan under particular circumstances, circumstances can change. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is buying 89,085 megalitres of permanent water rights from Olam Orchards Australia Pty Ltd. for a total of A$490…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are among several institutional investors committing $427 million in the…
The outgoing head of Quebec’s pension fund manager says the U.S.-China trade war threatens to fan protectionism and cleave economies in what amounts to “the…
Since the Teachers’ Retirement Allowance Fund, which is the defined benefit pension plan for public school teachers and other eligible employees in Manitoba, was introduced…
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation has appointed Roger Renaud to its board of directors. Most recently, Renaud was president for Canada and global chief operating…
A joint-venture formed in 2019 by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, along with Altice, Allianz Capital Partners and AXA Investment Managers’ real assets division,…
The chief executive of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec is stepping down from the pension fund manager to become head of the…
At the beginning of September, Provident10, which oversees the administration and asset management for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Public Service Pension Plan, welcomed a new chief…
The Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board will transfer all of its funds to the Alberta Investment Management Corp. for management, according to the province’s latest…
Proxy voting played a major role in the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s responsible investment strategy during the past year, according to its newly released annual…
Like many plans, the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Pension Plan came out of 2008 in rough shape. So, the government started to discuss what should…
In just a few short years, Concordia University’s pension plan has transformed its governance model and investment approach. Before the financial crisis, the university’s plan,…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is launching a venture incubator called Koru, which aims to create, test and build scalable new digital businesses. “Koru is…
A group of institutional investors, including numerous large Canadian defined benefit pension plans, has released a handbook outlining their experiences implementing the recommendations from the…
While the Pension Investment Association of Canada is generally supportive of British Columbia’s proposed solvency funding framework, when it comes to requirements around funding the…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is opening an office in San Francisco. The new location is the CPPIB’s second U.S. office, after New York…