While many organizations are grappling with how to incorporate artificial intelligence into their investment or back-office processes, the Alberta Investment Management Corp. has found a way to do it that’s scalable and has potential for commercialization. The AIMCo started down this journey because it realized that if it didn’t adopt AI and machine learning, it […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp., an investment firm buying a stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline, says it remains “committed” to the deal despite protester blockades that have shut down railway lines in parts of Canada and threaten to inflict damage to the Canadian economy. The AIMCo, which looks after more than $115 billion in […]
The company behind the $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia says it’s made a deal to sell a 65 per cent equity interest in the project. TC Energy Corp. says in a news release that it has entered into an agreement for the sale to KKR and Alberta Investment Management Corp., on behalf of […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation has appointed Roger Renaud to its board of directors. Most recently, Renaud was president for Canada and global chief operating officer of Manulife Asset Management, where he oversaw the integration of Standard Life Investments into the firm. “As AIMCo continues to evolve as a global investor, it is important that […]
Proxy voting played a major role in the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s responsible investment strategy during the past year, according to its newly released annual responsible investment report for 2018-19. During the 2018/19 proxy voting season the AIMCo reviewed and approved more than 30,000 ballot items and voted on 99 per cent of 3,324 meetings […]