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Ontario Teachers’ investing in packaging firm, renewable energy platform

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is investing in a packaging company servicing European and North American businesses, as well as an Indian renewable energy platform.…

  • By: Staff
  • September 20, 2022 September 20, 2022
  • 11:00

Trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.21TN in Q1: Stats Can

The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds decreased 2.9 per cent to $2.21 trillion in the first quarter of 2022, down…

  • By: Staff
  • September 16, 2022 September 16, 2022
  • 15:00

How Canada’s institutional investors are increasing gender parity

In 2018, Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, engaged the services of Women in Governance, an…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 16, 2022 September 15, 2022
  • 08:55

How the CMPA looks at investments through a total portfolio lens

In the vast majority of Canadian medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors’ legal defences and patients’ settlements are paid by the Canadian Medical Protective Association, an organization…

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Institutional investor trust in crypto declined in Q2: survey

The majority (51 per cent) of Canadian investors now consider cryptocurrency investments to be untrustworthy, according to a new survey by Bitstamp, a cryptocurrency exchange…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2022 September 15, 2022
  • 13:00
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CPPIB, OMERS selling Chicago toll road stakes; Caisse backing renewable energy credit lender

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System are selling their respective interests in a Chicago toll road. The investment…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2022 September 15, 2022
  • 11:30

IBM entering US$16BN pension risk transfer

International Business Machines Corp. is entering a US$16 billion pension risk transfer. The annuity transaction will see 40 per cent of IBM’s defined benefit pension…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2022 September 14, 2022
  • 09:00

Just 19% of Canadian investment managers adopting fully remote working models: survey

Just 19 per cent of Canada’s investment managers say they’ve adopted a fully remote working model as of September 2022, according to a survey by…

  • By: Staff
  • September 14, 2022 September 14, 2022
  • 15:00

Canadian DB plan assets dip 2.4 per cent in August: report

The value of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan’s assets declined in August, according to LifeWorks Inc.’s latest monthly report. An investment portfolio designed…

  • By: Staff
  • September 13, 2022 September 13, 2022
  • 12:30

Global pension plan sponsors concerned about recession, stagflation: survey

More than half (57 per cent) of global pension plan sponsors are very concerned about the prospect of looming stagflation, according to a new survey…

  • By: Staff
  • September 13, 2022 September 13, 2022
  • 12:21

CPPIB acquiring stake in asset manager, Caisse partnering with logistics developer

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a stake in a financial management company. The Universal Investment Group Llc, which operates several offices throughout…

  • By: Staff
  • September 13, 2022 September 13, 2022
  • 11:30

Canada drops to No. 15 in retiree well-being global rankings: report

Canada ranks No. 15 among developed nations for retiree well-being, down from No. 10 in 2021, according to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual global retirement index.…

  • By: Staff
  • September 13, 2022 September 12, 2022
  • 09:00
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New Brunswick PSPP announces 5.24% COLA, 0.32% below CPI

Members of the New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan are receiving a cost-of-living adjustment that doesn’t cover increases in the cost of living in Canada.…

  • By: Staff
  • September 8, 2022 September 8, 2022
  • 13:00

Top global pension funds combined AUM up 8.9 per cent in 2021: report

The world’s largest pension funds saw assets increase by 8.9 per cent in 2021, according to a report by WTW’s the Thinking Ahead Institute. The…

  • By: Staff
  • September 8, 2022 September 8, 2022
  • 12:00
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OPTrust-backed Indigenous land development receiving $1.4BN loan, PSP developing Texas’ largest skyscraper

A development backed by the OPSEU Pension Trust is the beneficiary of the largest federal loan to a First Nations economic partnership in Canadian history.…

  • By: Staff
  • September 8, 2022 September 7, 2022
  • 12:00

Caisse appointing Nicholas Rubbo as managing director of Espace

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is appointing Nicholas Rubbo as managing director of Espace CDPQ, its venture capital hub. In the new…

  • By: Staff
  • September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 12:30

Class action suit against Indian solar business backed by Caisse, OMERS seeking lead plaintiff

The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System has until the end of October to decide if it will serve as the lead plaintiff in a class…

  • By: Staff
  • September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 12:30
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Ontario Teachers’ allocating $5BN to high-carbon emitters: report

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is allocating $5 billion to businesses with high-carbon emissions, according to its annual responsible investing and climate strategy report. “Recognizing…

  • By: Staff
  • September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 12:15

OMERS appointing Irini Kalamakis as global head of strategic partnerships

The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is appointing Irini Kalamakis as senior managing director and global head of strategic partnerships. In the new role, Kalamakis…

  • By: Staff
  • September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 12:00

OJTBF joins the the CAAT pension plan

The OPSEU Joint Trusteed Benefit Fund, a not-for-profit insurance advisor that offers benefits to non-profit organizations, is joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology…

  • By: Staff
  • September 1, 2022 September 6, 2022
  • 13:30

Institutional investors, corporations divided on SEC climate disclosure proposal

An analysis of submissions made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals a sharp divide between the opinions of institutional investors and corporate executives…

  • By: Staff
  • September 1, 2022 September 1, 2022
  • 12:30

AIMCo assets declined 4% in Q2: report

The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s investments declined four per cent during the second quarter of 2022, according to its quarterly report. During the quarter, the…

  • By: Staff
  • September 1, 2022 September 1, 2022
  • 12:00

Yellow Pages expecting shareholder approval for special payment to DB pension plan

Yellow Pages Ltd. has secured the support of enough shareholders to approve a plan to bolster its defined benefit pension plan’s coffers. During a virtual…

  • By: Staff
  • September 1, 2022 August 31, 2022
  • 12:00
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Bâtirente’s diversified funds return between negative 4.63% and negative 8.87% in Q2

The second quarter of 2022 proved difficult for Bâtirente’s diversified funds, according to the organization’s investment strategy manager. “As was the case in the first…

  • By: Staff
  • August 30, 2022 August 30, 2022
  • 12:30

CPPIB-backed insurer selling Toronto subsidiary, Cadillac Fairview adopting nostalgic strategy

A Barbadian company is acquiring the life insurance business of a company in which the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has a majority stake. According…

  • By: Staff
  • August 30, 2022 August 30, 2022
  • 12:00