For nearly a decade, analysts have been considering where the next market downturn will come from and when it will strike. But with the Dow Jones Industrial…
The OPSEU Pension Trust, together with British private equity firm Three Hills Capital Partners, has invested more than $89 million into ACT Commodities. The Dutch…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec is entering into an agreement with Osisko Mining Inc. to acquire 9,259,260 common shares at $2.70 per share. “We are very…
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is launching an initiative to support the growth of companies owned by women. The program, Cheffes de…
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has acquired an office building in Nanterre, France. The building,…
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Pension managers’ pooled funds posted meagre returns in the third quarter of 2018, according to Morneau Shepell Ltd.’s performance universe. Markets were less synchronized during the latter…
Ryan Labs Asset Management Inc., a Sun Life Investment Management company, has signed on to the United Nations-supported principles for responsible investment. As a network…
The International Centre for Pension Management has released a guide for integrating climate change considerations into investment processes. “The ICPM climate change guide is unique…
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s plan to share its expertise with as many Canadian workers as possible nabbed it the award…
Canadian investment managers had $2.1 trillion in assets using responsible investment strategies as of Dec. 31, 2017, a major jump from $1.5 trillion at the end…
Three new senior appointments at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan include new roles for Gillian Brown, Danilo Simonelli and Saurabh Rastogi. Brown will lead the pension fund’s capital markets group…
For nearly a decade, analysts have been considering where the next market downturn will come from and when it will strike. But with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s…
An article on an Ontario judges’ association’s lawsuit against their pension plan sponsor was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the…
Canada and China are on a pragmatic path to establish an updated working relationship that could include private capital investments, says Jia Wang, senior fellow…
The median solvency ratio among Canadian defined benefit pension plans was 123 per cent as of March 31, according to a new report by Mercer…
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…
The current moment is rooted in shifting ideas, characterized by the rise and fall of globalization, said Sean Speer, editor-at-large at the Hub and a…
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,…
Ontario’s provincially appointed judges are taking their own pension plan to court to prevent the fund from investing in derivatives. In a notice of application…
The funded status of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan decreased on a solvency basis but increased on an accounting basis in the month…
The funded status of a typical defined benefit pension plan increased on a solvency basis but decreased on an accounting basis in January, according to…
In its 2026 budget, the Quebec government said it intends to enhance the appeal of voluntary retirement savings plans amid low uptake of the savings…
Bell Canada’s defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans are both overseen by the same pension committee. The meeting cadences differ, but the committee leans…
Strong equity markets, supported by two additional U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts and continued momentum across sectors related to artificial intelligence, strengthened retirement income outcomes…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a total fund net investment return of 7.5 per cent for 2025, underperforming its benchmark return by 2.7…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Brookfield are acquiring renewable energy firm Boralex Inc. in a take-private deal, for a total equity…
Increased dispersion and fragmentation in the global economy is creating opportunities for institutional investors in 2026, according to a new report by the International Forum…
Sun Life Financial Inc. is acquiring the remaining interests in global real estate investment management advisor BGO and global alternative credit investment manager Crescent Capital…
Two of Canada’s largest pension funds are named in a US$4.6 billion class action by the employees of a New Zealand-based software company. About 200…
Major Canadian banks and pension funds provided tens of billions of dollars to American contractors for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, an investigation…
The last decade has seen seismic shifts in geopolitical, macroeconomic, capital market and technological trends. Today, uncertainty abounds: U.S. policy has become increasingly erratic, and…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is aiming to increase its investments in private climate transition assets to $70 billion by 2030, as part of the…
The second phase of a Toronto office property that was co-developed by the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec…
More than half (55 per cent) of global institutional investors think the financial reporting they receive from private market managers needs to improve, a percentage…
A return to pragmatism created a rebounding effect for Canadian equities in 2025, says Jesse Forster, senior analyst in market structure and technology at Crisil…
The universe of defined benefit pension managers’ pooled funds posted a median return of 1.5 per cent before management fees in the fourth quarter of…
The Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators is establishing a committee to help implement its total cost reporting plan. The plan aims to increase investor…
More than a quarter (28 per cent) of male employees in the U.S. report a reduction in their stress levels due to their employer’s financial…
A report commissioned by the Alberta government estimates the province would be entitled to more than half the assets of the Canada Pension Plan if it…