While a recommendation that the government reverse course on maintaining the retirement age at 65 was one of the headline suggestions to come out of the recent report from the federal advisory council on economic growth, a key focus was on four sectors the group felt have a high potential for growth in Canada. One […]
To move beyond the limitations that can arise from a domestic investment approach, there are compelling reasons for institutional investors to look beyond North America. A global approach to infrastructure investing can provide multiple benefits to investors, including global demand for infrastructure, enhanced diversification and significant deal flow. 1. Global demand for infrastructure Globally, there […]
The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans hit its highest level since before the 2007 financial crisis, according to the latest quarterly pension plan solvency survey by Aon Hewitt. On April 1, 2017, median solvency stood at 96.7 per cent, up nearly two percentage points since the beginning of the year. In […]
Despite the withdrawal by institutional investors of more than $100 billion of capital from the hedge fund industry in 2016, some Canadian pension funds are still confident in the asset class. “It makes me question why those pension funds or institutional investors invested in hedge funds in the first place,” says James Davis, chief investment officer […]
Ottawa should encourage widespread investment in existing and new infrastructure by institutional investors, such as pension plans and insurers, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. “Canadian governments are on the verge of the largest infrastructure spending increases in decades, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars,” said the report’s […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s infrastructure investment manager Borealis Infrastructure and Britain-based energy company SSE are backing the launch of two new companies in the British energy market. MapleCo, an independent meter asset provider, will contribute to Britain’s smart meter rollout program, which is aiming to fund the purchase […]
The Ontario Pension Board, which administers the province’s public service pension plan, had an annual investment return of 8.1 per cent at the end of 2016, an increase of nearly two percentage points compared to last year’s return of 6.14 per cent. Read: Ontario Pension Board earned 6.14% return in 2015 Net investment income during […]
Canadian pension plans’ love affair with foreign ports, particularly those in Australia but extending also to the United Kingdom and the Persian Gulf region, shows no signs of abating, with only an overheated market and a potential shortage of supply standing as roadblocks on the horizon. But with Canada’s federal government looking for pension funds […]
Earlier this month, about 20 teachers marched in front of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan offices to protest their plan’s investments in fossil fuel assets, particularly what they believed to be a stake in the controversial Kinder Morgan pipeline in Alberta and British Columbia. “We sometimes hear from members about particular concerns they have, and in this case […]
A joint venture that includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has acquired three student housing portfolios across the United States for more than $2.1 billion. Along with Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd. and student housing company the Scion Group, the CPPIB is investing in six properties located in the southern United States for $518 million and […]