The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is reporting a 7.4 per cent weighted average net return for its clients’ portfolios in 2025. As at Dec. 31, 2025, the IMCO’s total client assets under management increased to $90.7 billion, compared to in $86 billion in 2024. In 2025, roughly a third of its AUM were invested […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is establishing a new joint venture with Prologis Inc. to pursue opportunities in the European logistics space. The investment venture will start with nearly $1.6 billion worth of seed assets through a combination of income-generating properties and development sites. Ownership interest of the venture is split 70 […]
An article on an Ontario judges’ association’s lawsuit against their pension plan sponsor was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Ontario judges’ group sues pension plan sponsor to prevent investments in derivatives 2. Survey finds Canadians […]
Canada and China are on a pragmatic path to establish an updated working relationship that could include private capital investments, says Jia Wang, senior fellow at the University of Alberta’s China Institute and a senior fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation. Last week, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne held several meetings with Chinese officials in […]
The funded status of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan decreased on a solvency basis but increased on an accounting basis in the month of February, according to a new report from Telus Health. The monthly pension index found the typical DB plan decreased from 101.7 per cent on Jan. 31 to 100.7 per […]
Two of Canada’s largest pension funds are named in a US$4.6 billion class action by the employees of a New Zealand-based software company. About 200 financial technology workers at FNZ launched a lawsuit alleging the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, CPP Investments and other institutional investors “used their control of the FNZ board […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Brookfield are acquiring renewable energy firm Boralex Inc. in a take-private deal, for a total equity value of roughly $3.8 billion. Together, Brookfield and the Caisse will acquire all issued and outstanding Class A common shares in Boralex at a price of $37.25 in cash per […]
Increased dispersion and fragmentation in the global economy is creating opportunities for institutional investors in 2026, according to a new report by the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds. The report, which collected responses from long-term institutional investors representing more than $53.8 trillion in assets under custody at State Street Corp., found investors are more […]
The infrastructure arm at the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is appointing Luca Lupo as senior managing director and head of Europe, effective immediately. Lupo joined the OMERS in 2022 as part of the infrastructure team. In this new role he will lead the regional team based in London and will oversee regional origination activities […]
The universe of defined benefit pension managers’ pooled funds posted a median return of 1.5 per cent before management fees in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 11.8 per cent for the full year, according to a new report by Telus Health. Major stock market indices provided strong performances in Q4 even though the macro […]