CPP fund reaches $392 billion at 2019 fiscal year-end
The Canada Pension Plan fund ended its fiscal year on March 31, 2019, with net assets of $392 billion, compared to $356.1 billion at the…
- By: Staff
- May 16, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 09:00
Latest news in DB
Caisse invests in Chile ports, Ivanhoé Cambridge launches real estate platform
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, through its investment platform with port and terminal operator DP World, is taking on a 45 per…
- By: Staff
- May 15, 2019 January 20, 2021
- 15:00
OPTrust highlights climate change, gender diversity in report
The OPSEU Pension Trust is highlighting its responsible investing efforts in its fourth yearly report. The report’s key themes included the pension fund’s focus on better measuring…
- By: Staff
- May 15, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 08:30
Mark Evans appointed director of CPPIB
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is appointing Mark Evans as a director for a three-year term. Evans spent 15 years with Goldman Sachs Group…
- By: Staff
- May 14, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 08:18
Caisse and partner forming solar financing platform
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and U.K.-based Lightsource BP are investing $260 million to finance a portfolio of solar assets owned and managed by Lightsource.…
- By: Staff
- May 13, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 15:00
PSP Investments selling stake in Advisor Group
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, alongside private equity firm Lightyear Capital, is selling Advisor Group Inc. to Reverence Capital Partners. After the transaction closes in…
- By: Staff
- May 10, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 15:15
How Husky Energy included active members in its DB plan annuitization
With a defined benefit plan closed since 1991, Husky Energy Inc. was facing a dilemma. It wanted to annuitize the plan but had active members…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- May 10, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 13:49
AIMCo posts 2.5% return for 2018
In a tough year for the returns of many pension plans, the Alberta Investment Management Corp. returned an aggregate net return of 2.5 per cent…
- By: Staff
- May 9, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 09:44
CPPIB, PSP part of group investing in new AI fund
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are part of a group investing in a new US$350-million fund focused on…
- By: Staff
- May 7, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 15:35
Canadian DB plans post positive returns in first quarter: report
With global equities rebounding after a volatile end to 2018, Canadian defined benefit pension plans posted positive returns in the first quarter of 2019, according…
- By: Staff
- May 3, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 15:15
IMCO releases 2018 annual report, investment results to be announced by clients
After starting to manage assets for its first two clients in July 2017, the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario has released its 2018 annual report,…
- By: Staff
- May 3, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 07:38
CPPIB, PSP sell stakes in medical device company
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, along with Apax Partners, have agreed to sell Acelity Inc. and its…
- By: Staff
- May 2, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 15:15
Canadian DB pension returns boosted by rallying equities in Q1 2019
With global and domestic equities rallying in the first quarter of 2019, Canadian defined benefit plan returns were lifted to 7.2 per cent in the…
- By: Staff
- May 1, 2019 January 9, 2021
- 15:15
N.S. teachers’ pension plan funded status on the decline
The Nova Scotia Teachers’ pension plan posted a net loss in assets for 2018, down to $4.94 billion from $5.11 billion at the end of 2017.…
- By: Staff
- April 30, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 15:30
CAAT pension plan holds steady with 2018 return of 0.5%
After a year of turbulent markets, the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has released its 2018 annual report, noting assets held steady…
- By: Staff
- April 26, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 09:51
OPTrust Select welcomes first members
A year after the OPSEU Pension Trust launched a new plan for nonprofits, it has enrolled its first members. The OPTrust Select was launched with…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- April 26, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 08:18
Ivanhoé Cambridge boosts U.K. logistics investments
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate subsidiary, is expanding its logistics investments in the U.K. through the acquisition of four…
- By: Staff
- April 25, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 15:00
NDP MP proposes responsible investment mandate for CPPIB
A New Democratic Party member of parliament is proposing to legislate responsible investing into the mandate of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Alistair MacGregor,…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- April 22, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 09:30
The building blocks of IMCO
In 2016, when Bert Clark became the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario’s first president and chief executive officer, he was tasked with building the organization…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- April 17, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 06:33
A look at the TTC pension plan’s move to more illiquid assets
Following an asset-liability matching study in early 2018, the Toronto Transit Commission Pension Fund Society is expanding its allocation to less liquid investments. The jointly…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- April 12, 2019 March 6, 2021
- 08:58
Building blocks of the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario
In 2016, when Bert Clark became the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario’s first president and chief executive officer, he was tasked with building the organization…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- April 12, 2019 March 6, 2021
- 08:51
PIAC supports FSRA’s proposed approach for addressing changing pension environment
The Pension Investment Association of Canada has released comments on the proposed strategic priorities for the newly formed Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, which…
- By: Staff
- April 11, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 11:18
NZ pension funds pushing for change at Facebook, Google and Twitter
New Zealand government pension funds are calling on Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Twitter Inc. to reign in the proliferation of hate on their platforms in the…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- April 11, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 09:25
Caisse teams up with climate-focused family office syndicate
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with New York-based, non-profit Clean, Renewable and Environmental Opportunities Family Office Syndicate to foster…
- By: Staff
- April 11, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 08:59
Caisse taking stake in Brazilian oil and gas transportation company
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and French utility company Engie are buying a combined 90 per cent stake in Brazilian oil and gas transportation network company Transportadora…
- By: Staff
- April 8, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 16:00