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The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s late-stage venture and growth investment arm is investing $80 million in India-based financial software company Perfios. The company serves the banking, financial service and insurance industries across 18 countries and will use the investment to expand its international footprint. As part of the transaction, Darius Vakil, a director at Teachers’ Venture […]

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  • March 15, 2024 March 14, 2024
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The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is reporting an annual return of 9.38 per cent for 2023, partly due to the performance of equities and fixed income, says Michael Wissell, chief investment officer at the HOOPP. The investment organization finished the year with $112.6 billion in net assets, compared to $103.7 billion and a return of […]

Caisse, CPPIB, Ontario Teachers’ invest in insurance company

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is making several appointments on its executive and private equity investment teams. The investment organization is appointing Rechelle Effendy as acting senior vice-president, finance and chief financial officer, effective immediately. On its private equity team, the BCI is appointing Blake Fizzard as senior managing director of global operations, Julian […]

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  • March 12, 2024 March 11, 2024
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is cutting roughly a dozen employees at its Hong Kong office, according to a report by Bloomberg. It said staff had recently been informed of the dismissals and the CPPIB would transfer the portfolios of the impacted employees to other investment teams. Following these cuts, there will be roughly […]

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  • March 7, 2024 March 6, 2024
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The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is making three key appointments to its executive team, effective immediately. Its appointing Bernard Grzinic as executive managing director of capital markets, Steve Saldanha as executive managing director of total fund management and Robert Sturgeon as senior managing director of global investment strategy. Read: Ontario Teachers’ making key appointments to […]

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  • March 6, 2024 March 5, 2024
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Canada’s DB pension plans post 5% return in Q4, close 2020 with 10% gain

Stocks and bonds helped pension funds find positive results in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the performance universe of pension managers’ pooled funds from Telus Health. The report is based on a universe of fund managers overseeing approximately $470 billion in assets under management, including $230 billion in pension fund assets. Read: Average Canadian […]

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  • March 5, 2024 March 4, 2024
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Canadian-based mining companies that are betting on the global energy transition saw a surge of investor interest in 2023, according to the latest edition of the TSX Venture 50 list. The annual ranking of top performers on Canada’s main venture exchange, released by the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday, shows 2023 was a blockbuster year […]

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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring an equity stake in North American port terminal and logistics operator QSL International Ltd. The investment organization first invested in QSL in 2021 through loan deals. The deal is expected to close in mid-2024 and details of the transaction weren’t disclosed. “We are proud to take […]

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  • February 23, 2024 February 23, 2024
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board earned 3.4 per cent during the third quarter of fiscal 2024, according to its latest quarterly report. By Dec. 31, 2023, the investment organization’s net assets were $590.8 billion, compared to $576 billion at the end of the previous quarter. The $14.6 billion increase in net assets consisted of […]

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  • February 21, 2024 February 21, 2024
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OMERS’ portfolio company acquiring solar energy development platform

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring an 80 per cent stake in a Japanese solar power generation plant alongside its portfolio company Shizen Energy Inc. The solar power plant generates 31 megawatts, or enough energy to power 7,850 homes, according to a press release. The Caisse first invested $186 million in the energy […]

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  • February 16, 2024 February 14, 2024
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