CPPIB appointing Suyi Kim as global head of private equity
The Canadian Pension Plan Board is appointing Suyi Kim as senior managing director and global head of private equity, effective September 15. In the new…
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Canadian pension returns up during Q2, buoyed by global equities: reports
As global equities overcame inflationary fears and continued an upward trend, Canadian pension plan investment returns increased during the second quarter of 2021, with the…
- By: Staff
- July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021
- 09:15
CPPIB enters U.S. office co-investment deal, Japanese data centre joint venture
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is entering a co-investment partnership with the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. and Boston Properties Inc. to acquire $1 billion…
- By: Staff
- July 15, 2021 July 15, 2021
- 11:00
CPPIB invests in India’s top e-commerce company, Caisse in India’s bio-tech labs
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing $1 billion in Amazon.com Inc.’s chief rival in the Indian e-commerce sector. The Flipkart Group, which was founded in…
- By: Staff
- July 13, 2021 July 12, 2021
- 08:50
Canadian DB pensions’ funding positions improve in June as bond returns level off: report
The funded position for an average Canadian defined benefit pension plan improved slightly on both a solvency and accounting basis in June, according to a new…
- By: Staff
- July 9, 2021 July 9, 2021
- 15:00
ESG investing and human rights: “Ignorance is no longer an excuse”
It’s a welcome development that so many pension fund managers are increasingly preoccupied with the ethical implications of their investments and incorporating data to ensure…
- By: Sam Goodman
- July 6, 2021 July 21, 2021
- 09:00
How Canada’s pension funds are maximizing fixed income in a low interest rate environment
With bond returns tied to interest rates, it’s no surprise Canadian pension funds are increasingly seeking other ways to boost fixed income yields. Canadian interest…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- June 30, 2021 June 30, 2021
- 08:56
Back to basics on insurance-linked securities
As institutional investors seek portfolio diversification and the insurance industry seeks additional capacity amid global growth, investment strategies incorporating insurance-linked securities are providing a solution…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- June 30, 2021 June 30, 2021
- 08:53
CPPIB, AIMCo re-invest in telecom infrastructure giant, BCI in logistics firm
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. are together investing $2.4 billion in the Australian digital infrastructure company BAI Communications…
- By: Staff
- June 29, 2021 June 30, 2021
- 10:00
Value of assets in trusteed pension funds rises 6.6% in 2020 to $2.22 trillion: StatsCan
The value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds increased to $2.2 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to new data from…
- By: Staff
- June 28, 2021 June 28, 2021
- 09:00
Caisse invests in health-care company, Ontario Teachers’ in Chinese microfinance firm
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is participating in a $225 million Series D funding round of AlayaCare, a Montreal-based at-home health-care software…
- By: Staff
- June 24, 2021 June 23, 2021
- 10:30
BCI, CPPIB and OTPP investments tied to human rights abuses in China, finds watchdog
A report from the U.K.-based watchdog group Hong Kong Watch is criticizing three major Canadian pension funds for investing in Chinese businesses involved in human rights…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- June 21, 2021 June 21, 2021
- 10:30
OMERS in equity funding for Swedish battery manufacturer
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is co-leading a US$2.75 billion ($3.3 billion) private placement to raise equity for Northvolt, a Swedish battery maker. Alongside…
- By: Staff
- June 14, 2021 June 14, 2021
- 08:45
CPPIB investing in West Bengal mall, OTPP selling British biscuit company
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing 5.6 billion Indian rupees (about $93 million) to secure a 49 per cent equity stake in a…
- By: Staff
- June 2, 2021 June 2, 2021
- 16:00
Caisse signs agreement on Indonesian infrastructure investment, acquires more shares in eyecare company
The Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, the Indonesian Investment Authority, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and APG Asset Management have signed a memorandum…
- By: Staff
- May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021
- 12:00
CPPIB reporting $497.2BN net assets in fiscal 2021
A record return over the first full year of the pandemic has put the manager of Canada’s largest retirement fund years ahead of schedule to…
- By: The Canadian Press, with files from staff
- May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021
- 15:00
Caisse investing in wireless communications, BCI in Chile timber
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is one of two organizations investing a total US$940 million in Phoenix Tower International, a U.S.-based wireless…
- By: Staff
- May 21, 2021 May 20, 2021
- 09:00
PSP launching U.K. logistics joint venture, Ontario Teachers’ buying Brazilian electricity transmission platform
The Public Service Pension Investment Board is teaming up with real estate investor Bridge Industrial to launch a joint venture targeting logistics properties in the…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021
- 09:00
2021 Top 40 Money Managers Report: Building back strong
Investors breathed a sigh of relief as they turned over their calendars at the end of 2020. Few were sorry to see the back of…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021
- 08:56
Caisse investing in data centres, IMCO in life science real estate
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is among the investors committing more than $600 million to eStruxture Data Centers Inc., a data centre…
- By: Staff
- May 3, 2021 May 3, 2021
- 15:00
Institutional investors looking to Asia as economies start to bounce back from pandemic
Rising incomes and technological change in the emerging economies present considerable investment opportunities for investors with longer-term horizons. Investments in emerging markets weren’t spared the…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- April 16, 2021 April 28, 2021
- 08:56
Institutional investors eyeing increasing interest rates, looming inflation: webinar
As interest rates return to pre-pandemic levels, fixed income is returning to its role as an equities hedge, according to a webinar on Wednesday hosted…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- April 15, 2021 April 16, 2021
- 13:00
Canadian DB pension plans see improved funded positions in Q1: reports
Canada’s defined benefit pension plans’ funded positions continue to improve in 2021, ending the first quarter at their highest levels in more than 20 years, according to…
- By: Staff
- April 6, 2021 April 6, 2021
- 09:00
Holding company backed by Caisse, Ontario Teachers’ making first acquisition, CPPIB investing in Brazil water infrastructure
An insurance holding company backed by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is making its inaugural transaction,…
- By: Staff
- March 25, 2021 April 24, 2021
- 09:00
Institutional investors see vaccinations, stimulus paving way to economic recovery
Coronavirus vaccinations and the US$1.9-trillion fiscal stimulus package are paving the way for the U.S. economy to recover as the world enters the second year…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- March 12, 2021 April 24, 2021
- 09:00