Caisse welcomes six public pensions from Quebec City

Six public pension plans from Quebec City, with combined total assets of approximately $2 billion, have joined the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

The six plans are:

  • Régime de retraite des cadres de la Ville de Québec
  • Régime de retraite des employés manuels de la Ville de Québec
  • Régime de retraite des fonctionnaires de la Ville de Québec
  • Régime de retraite du personnel professionnel de la Ville de Québec
  • Régime de retraite des policiers et policières de la Ville de Québec
  • Régime de retraite des pompiers de la Ville de Québec

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The plans’ decisions to join Caisse were “based on an analysis of the current economic and financial environment and the needs of their participants,” Caisse said in a release.

At the end of 2015, the municipal plans represented more than 9,500 active participants, retirees and beneficiaries.

Caisse now has 40 depositors.

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