CAAT pension plan board chair removed amid ongoing governance emergency
Don Smith, the recently suspended chair of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s board of trustees, has been removed from his position…
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UPP pursuing industrial European real estate through joint venture, Caisse selling 11% in Quebec telecommunications operator shares
The University Pension Plan Ontario is creating a joint venture with Schroders Capital to invest in high-quality logistics and industrial real estate across northwestern Europe.…
- By: Staff
- February 6, 2026 February 6, 2026
- 15:00
Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 0.6% in Q4 2025: report
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…
- By: Staff
- February 5, 2026 February 4, 2026
- 09:00
CAAT pension plan’s board chair suspended following senior executives’ departure
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has suspended its board chair Don Smith. The pension organization, which oversees more than $23 billion…
- By: Staff
- February 4, 2026 February 4, 2026
- 09:00
How biodiversity protection impacts investment assets
Environmental conservation can play a significant role in the evaluation of an investment asset and its future progress, according to a new study co-authored by…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- February 3, 2026 February 2, 2026
- 11:00
Ottawa wants to get banks, institutional investors involved in affordable housing: minister
The federal housing minister says he wants to ramp up the lagging pace of homebuilding in some provinces by bringing developers off the sidelines and…
- By: Craig Lord, the Canadian Press
- February 3, 2026 February 3, 2026
- 11:00
BCI appointing Jon Salon as executive vice-president, global head of private equity
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is appointing Jon Salon as executive vice-president and global head of private equity, effective Feb. 2, 2026. Salon first…
- By: Staff
- January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026
- 15:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on how winter weather impacts employers’ return-to-office and hybrid work policies was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the…
- By: Staff
- January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026
- 09:00
Institutional investors paying majority of fees to active managers: report
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…
- By: Staff
- January 29, 2026 January 29, 2026
- 11:00
Bank of Canada to stay course on policy in 2026, unless trade shock risk increases: expert
The Bank of Canada is facing an increasingly uncertain 2026 despite experts agreeing on its current policy path. Etienne Bordeleau-Labrecque, vice-president and portfolio manager at…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 29, 2026 January 29, 2026
- 11:00
FSRA appointing Wing-Yee Wong as CFO
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is appointing Wing-Yee Wong as its chief financial officer, effective Feb. 2, 2026. Wong brings more than 20…
- By: Staff
- January 29, 2026 January 28, 2026
- 09:00
CPP Investments creating joint venture to invest in medical buildings
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…
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2026 January 27, 2026
- 15:00
HOOPP planning appeal of Dutch tax court ruling
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is appealing a Dutch tax court ruling against the investment organization. Th court backed the investigation of a tax…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 21, 2026
- 11:00
Montrusco Bolton supporting engagement, productivity with employee ownership model
Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. has transitioned to a majority employee-ownership structure, with more than 70 per cent of employees now holding equity in the firm.…
- By: Sonya Singh
- January 22, 2026 January 21, 2026
- 09:00
Coverage of the 2025 Investment Innovation Conference
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…
- By: The Canadian Investment Review
- January 22, 2026 January 13, 2026
- 08:00
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Where does Canada fit in an era of anti-globalization?
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…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 22, 2026 January 12, 2026
- 07:59
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Global uncertainty pushing emerging markets debt as alternative funding source
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,…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:58
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Systematic and quantitative processes unlocking new path for fixed income asset management
A quantitative investment process could begin competing with the best fixed income and fundamental traditional credit asset managers in the near future, according to Bernd…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:57
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Institutional investor demand for alternative debt assets up in CLO market
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…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:56
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: How CPP Investments is balancing innovation and stability
CPP Investments’ chief executive officer has described the organization as a supertanker, referring to scale — a portfolio approaching $800 billion — and the inability…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:55
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Central banks poised to increase investment allocations to gold
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…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:54
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Journalist mindset expanding due diligence scope for institutional investors
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: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 15, 2026
- 07:53
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Institutional investors relying on passive global equity strategies missing out on portable alpha
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…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 16, 2026
- 07:52
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: Institutional investors creating internal guidelines for effective AI use
Institutional investors are responsible for setting guardrails and monitoring the use of artificial intelligence tools, rendering standardized guidelines unhelpful at the moment, according to Jacky…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 22, 2026 January 13, 2026
- 07:51
2025 Investment Innovation Conference: How will AI impact the future of investment leadership?
Alongside deglobalization and changing global supply chains, technology is now permeating strategy at a global level, with artificial intelligence moving from a topic of innovation…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 22, 2026 January 13, 2026
- 07:50