Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 0.6% in Q4 2025: report
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan returned 0.6 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 4.4 per cent in the previous…
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Institutional investors paying majority of fees to active managers: report
Nearly all (97 per cent) of fees paid by institutional investors go to active managers, virtually unchanged from 2023 (98 per cent), according to a…
- By: Staff
- January 29, 2026 January 29, 2026
- 11:00
CPP Investments creating joint venture to invest in medical buildings
CPP Investments is pursuing investments in medical outpatient buildings through a new a joint venture with IRA Capital and an undisclosed global institutional investor. The…
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2026 January 27, 2026
- 15:00
Coverage of the 2025 Investment Innovation Conference
With only a few weeks left in a year impacted by trade wars, equity concentration risk and the increased appeal of artificial intelligence opportunities, defined…
- By: The Canadian Investment Review
- January 22, 2026 January 13, 2026
- 08:00
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Global uncertainty pushing emerging markets debt as alternative funding source
Fading developed markets bilateral aid and U.S. tariff policy is pushing emerging markets debt as an attractive alternative for growing countries, according to Yvette Babb,…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:58
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Institutional investor demand for alternative debt assets up in CLO market
The size of the collateralized loan obligation market is revealing an interest pattern in alternative debt investment opportunities, particularly in Europe and the U.S., according…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:56
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: How CPP Investments is balancing innovation and stability
CPP Investments’ chief executive officer has described the organization as a supertanker, referring to scale — a portfolio approaching $800 billion — and the inability…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:55
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Central banks poised to increase investment allocations to gold
The outlier performance of investments in gold can be traced to risk-off activity from central banks around the world, according to Karlan Patel, vice-president and…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:54
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Journalist mindset expanding due diligence scope for institutional investors
Using journalistic-style investment due diligence can add a differentiated component to a multi-dimensional approach to research, according to Raphael Lewis, head of specialist research at…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 15, 2026
- 07:53
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Institutional investors relying on passive global equity strategies missing out on portable alpha
By separating a traditional active equity portfolio into two groups, institutional investors can gain resilience and add value at a time when active global equity…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:52
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: TTC Pension Plan CEO talks in-house expertise, diversification and opportunities in AI
Over the last 80 years, the TTC Pension Plan has grown from a contribution of $250,000 and a small team within the Toronto Transit Commission…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 22, 2026 January 13, 2026
- 07:49
Climate risks reshaping real estate investments: report
Climate-related risks are increasingly reshaping real estate investments, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It found buildings account…
- By: Staff
- January 14, 2026 January 14, 2026
- 15:00
Strong equity markets driving growth among state-owned institutional investors: report
State-owned institutional investors reached a combined US$60 trillion in assets and foreign reserves in December 2025, according to a new report by Global SWF. The…
- By: Staff
- January 13, 2026 January 12, 2026
- 09:00
U.S. intervention in Venezuela impacting investment considerations for Canadian institutional investors: expert
Canadian institutional investors are facing a re-evaluation of what the relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela will look like moving forward, says Christopher Collins, a…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 8, 2026 January 7, 2026
- 11:00
Ontario Teachers’ appointing Jenny Hammarlund as executive managing director, real estate
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Jenny Hammarlund as executive managing director of real estate, effective Jan. 5. Hammarlund will be based in London…
- By: Staff
- January 5, 2026 January 5, 2026
- 15:00
CPPIB investing in new European data centre projects, creates join venture to acquire Canadian industrial assets
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is entering a 50/50 €8 billion European data centre partnership with Australian firm Goodman Group. The new business partnership…
- By: Staff
- December 19, 2025 December 23, 2025
- 15:00
Concentration risks from AI trend putting pressure on long-term equities outlook: expert
After years of strong performance, the long-term outlook for equities is becoming more muted, says August Cruikshanks, an investment consultant in Eckler Ltd.’s pension and…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- December 16, 2025 December 16, 2025
- 11:00
Ontario Teachers’ selling stake in Australia-based desalination plant, Caisse supporting sale of bank business
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is selling its 60 per cent stake in the Sydney Desalination Plant to the Utilities Trust of Australia. The UTA,…
- By: Staff
- December 11, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 11:00
World’s 100 largest asset owners’ AUM up 11.3% in 2024: report
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management, reached US$1.7 trillion in assets under management in 2024, taking the No. 1 spot among the world’s…
- By: Staff
- December 10, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 15:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on Ontario’s proposed changes to preferred pharmacy network agreements was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five…
- By: Staff
- December 5, 2025 December 4, 2025
- 09:00
CPPIB backing acquisition of India-based logistics parks, Oxford leases office space to AI firm
A joint venture co-owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and IndoSpace is acquiring six industrial and logistics parks in India for roughly $471…
- By: Staff
- November 28, 2025 November 28, 2025
- 15:00
World’s 500 largest asset managers’ AUM up 9.4% in 2024: report
The world’s 500 largest asset managers’ assets under management reached US$139.9 trillion at the end of 2024, a 9.4 per cent increase from the previous…
- By: Staff
- November 19, 2025 November 19, 2025
- 15:00
Sounding Board: Checking index concentration key for institutional investors as bubble talk persists
With the S&P 500 up around 90 per cent over the last five years — the so-called ‘Magnificent 7’ driving nearly 70 per cent of…
- By: Bert Clark
- November 18, 2025 November 13, 2025
- 11:00
2025 Top 40 Money Managers Report: How ‘Maple Middle’ pension plans are finding an investment niche
Size matters when it comes to Canada’s much-vaunted model of pension investment. Sebastien Betermier, an associate professor of finance at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- November 14, 2025 November 12, 2025
- 08:57
Scaling up private assets at Western University
As private market assets become more widely adopted by institutional investors, they open up new, unexpected opportunities. Tom Keenleyside, associate director of investments at Western…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 14, 2025 November 12, 2025
- 08:55