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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
CPP Investments’ chief executive officer has described the organization as a supertanker, referring to scale — a portfolio approaching $800 billion — and the inability…
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…
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 separating a traditional active equity portfolio into two groups, institutional investors can gain resilience and add value at a time when active global equity…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…