The correlation between workforce management and company performance means institutional investors have a key role to play in encouraging better workplace policies at organizations in…
The private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has sold its stake in a U.S.-based network of dental practices. Yesterday, the pension…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will invest US$500 million in Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., a third-party claims administrator with offices in the…
Canada’s digitally savvy millennials are the most educated, culturally-diverse generation to come along. But like their grandparents, they fear market volatility and often prefer to…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, along with the Québec Manufacturing Fund and Namakor Holdings, has acquired all outstanding shares of human-machine interface company…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has signed an agreement with American International Group to acquire 100 per cent of Ascot Underwriting Ltd., AIG’s Lloyd’s…
A new pooled investment vehicle within T. Rowe Price Inc.’s global focused growth equity strategy is now available to Canadian institutional investors. The fourth pooled…
Golfsmith International Holdings Inc., a U.S. golf retailer owned by the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, will be selling Canada-based…
Foyston, Gordon and Payne Inc. has appointed Stephen Mitchell as portfolio manager for its global and international equity mandates. Mitchell was most recently Burgundy Asset…
Some 28 independent institutional investment firms have exited the industry through amalgamation or shuttered operations since 2012 due to deteriorating earnings performance, poor investment banking…
The University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto is the latest institutional investor to join the Shareholder Association for Research and Education, an organization that…
Despite continuing economic uncertainty, Canadian defined benefit pension plans showed returns of 2.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to first quarter…
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to invest an additional $125 million in the form of preferred equity in its McInnis Cement plant…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Plenary Group Holdings, an investor, developer and public infrastructure manager…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – along with RedBird Capital Partners and Aethon Energy Management – will acquire J-W Energy’s assets in north Louisiana and northeast…
A U.S.-based golf retailer owned by the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is “exploring strategic initiatives” amid reports the company…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is adding to its industrial and energy portfolio through the acquisition of Aurora Plastics Inc. Founded in 1997, Aurora Plastics produces…
Canadian pension funds seem to have fared well despite the short-term market volatility that ensued following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, but a…
Sun Life Financial is tapping into the expertise of Silicon Valley through a partnership with a startup platform that incubated PayPal. The Plug and Play Tech Centre…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board and private equity firm BC Partners will be acquiring a majority stake in consumer goods manufacturer Keter Group. Based…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has announced a $1-billion deal involving its private equity arm to acquire a Kansas-based provider of legal technology services.…
Low volatility continues to be the most popular smart beta strategies of institutional investors, according to FTSE Russell. The company surveyed 253 asset owners in January and February.…
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. has reported a -0.2 per cent return for its fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2016, down from a 14.2 per cent…
The median solvency ratio for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans has risen two per cent, from 78 per cent to 80 per cent since Mar.…
The Canada Pension Investment Board and Wolf Midstream Inc. have signed an agreement to acquire a 50 per cent ownership of a pipeline in northeastern…