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CPPIB returns 3.4% in Q3 2024, driven by global equity, fixed income assets

bmcgovern — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:00:27 +0000

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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Three Canadian pension funds’ investments among the biggest mergers, acquisitions deals in Q4 2023: report

bmcgovern — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:00:29 +0000

A joint venture that saw the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Blackstone Inc. acquire a 20 per cent stake in a senior mortgage loan portfolio from the failed Signature Bank for US$1.2 billion was the biggest mergers and acquisitions transaction in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a report by S&P Global Market Intelligence. […]

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Institutional investors increasing allocations to private assets over next 3 years: survey

bmcgovern — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:00:21 +0000

Two-fifths (40 per cent) of institutional investors say they plan to increase allocations to private debt investments over the next three years, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The survey, which polled more than 100 large U.S. and Canadian institutional investors with US$500 million to $50 billion in assets under management, found roughly […]

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Curbing inflation may take up to 18 months: expert

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:00:23 +0000

It may take up to 18 months for central banks policies to curb inflation to around two per cent on an annual basis, says Julianna Spiropoulos, partner and head of investment strategy, investment and risk at LifeWorks Inc. “Around the world, there’s concern about persistent inflation. . . . Central banks need to get inflation […]

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CPPIB investing in oilfield drilling company, Caisse in SAP firm

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:00:23 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing about $12.825 million in common shares of a Calgary-based oil and gas infrastructure service provider. The pension plan purchased common shares in CWC Energy Services Corp. from a third-party investment fund that represents about 17 per cent of total equity. The transaction comes as the CPPIB faces scrutiny […]

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Opportunities for institutional investors from the energy transition

mschmit — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:52:23 +0000

Along with big risks comes the need for solutions and companies that provide those solutions, said Edward Lees, co-lead and portfolio manager at BNP Paribas Asset Management, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. Although in the current environment the coronavirus has been top of mind, climate issues have not […]

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Federal spending could be catalyst for industrials

mschmit — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 03:12:57 +0000

The potential size and scope of future federal spending bills to bolster the economy, especially an infrastructure measure, would have important implications for the industrials sector. After passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, President Donald Trump issued an infrastructure agenda that never resulted in legislation. Should he win re-election, Trump could push for a […]

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What’s dragging down the Canadian economy as the world reopens?

mschmit — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 04:05:37 +0000

Along with the rest of the globe, Canada isn’t likely to see the V-shaped recovery that institutional investors were hoping for as it stares down the recessionary road ahead. “Canadian activity was also on the softening path even at the end of last year,” says Irene Lauro, an economist at Schroders. “And this is because […]

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OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10 million barrel cut amid virus

mschmit — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:04:49 +0000

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday finalized an unprecedented production cut of nearly 10 million barrels, or a tenth of global supply, in hopes of boosting crashing prices amid the coronavirus pandemic and a price war, officials said. “This could be the largest reduction in production from […]

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Ontario Teachers’ and OMERS Back British Smart Energy Companies

mschmit — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:46:44 +0000

Smart meters will update and modernize energy system.

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