The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in a European power producer alongside EIG Global Energy Partners. The €450 million commitment to ILOS Projects builds on the initial €250 million tranche provided by EIG and reflects continued investor support for ILOS’s platform, portfolio quality and execution capabilities, according to a press release. […]
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario recently joined the Global Real Estate Engagement Network, an industry coalition of institutional investors focused on addressing financially material climate risks and opportunities in the real estate sector. Established in 2021, GREEN has grown to represent investors with over €4 trillion in assets under management. Through dedicated workstreams, the […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is reporting $226 billion in climate action investments as at Dec. 31, 2025, towards a goal of $400 billion by 2030. The investment organization’s latest sustainable investing report noted it aims to accelerate the decarbonization of companies and the economy by investing in companies that integrate the […]
An article on Skip’s enhanced fertility and mental-health coverage was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Skip delivering enhanced fertility, mental-health coverage 2. Caisse acquiring minority stake in private credit platform, Ontario Teachers’ joins funding round […]
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is seeing higher returns in the private equity market following the adoption of an environmental, social and governance lens, according to a new study from the investment organization. The report’s co-author, Evan Greenfield, managing director and head of ESG for the private equity arm at the BCI, wants other […]
An article on the federal government’s notification to public employees on early retirement options was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Government sending early retirement info to nearly 70,000 public employees 2. CIBC appointing Yvonne Dimitroff […]
The world’s 500 largest asset managers’ assets under management reached US$139.9 trillion at the end of 2024, a 9.4 per cent increase from the previous year, according to a new report by WTW’s Thinking Ahead Institute. It found this increase was driven largely by North American asset managers, which reported an average increase of 13 […]
Increased allocations to private assets are pushing total fund fees and causing institutional investors to review their investment management partners’ fee packages, says Duncan Higgs, managing director and head of portfolio solutions at bfinance. Underlying fees in alternative investment markets — such as carried interest and waterfall structures — are increasingly considered by investors dealing […]
It’s a generally recognized fact that institutional investors in the Nordic region pioneered the approach to sustainable investing, including incorporating environmental, social and governance factors. Sweden’s large public pension funds — AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4, AP6 and AP7 — are regulated by a law introduced in the early 2000s stipulating that sustainability needs to be […]
Eddy Ng remembers 2020 as a landmark year for diversity, equity and inclusion as the corporate world responded to the public outcry that followed the murder of George Floyd. Within months of that tragic event, the largest companies in the world had publicly committed an estimated $50 billion towards racial justice measures, while professional networking […]