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Expert Panel: CPPIB taking steps to face shifting investment landscape in China

bmcgovern — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:00:44 +0000

The decision by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board this month to reduce 10 per cent of its China equity team based in Hong Kong is a positive move. It highlights a shift in the CPPIB’s approach to China, which previously saw the Canadian pension fund fend off accusations that its past investment activity in […]

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2023 Top 40 Money Managers Report: Geopolitical tension making its presence felt among institutional investors

bwolfe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:56:56 +0000

By the time Nick Chamie graduated with his first degree in economics in 1992, the Berlin Wall had already fallen and the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. Still, Chamie — now the chief strategist and senior managing director at the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario — explains that, as he began making his way in the […]

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Which frontier markets are on institutional investors’ radars amid geopolitical churn?

bwolfe — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:55:10 +0000

While the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corp. isn’t currently invested in frontier markets, the institutional investor is set to take its first steps towards investing in the sector. “Step one is getting [the board] more comfortable with frontier markets,” says Steve Mahoney, the organization’s chief investment officer, which includes the N.S. Teachers’ Pension Plan, the […]

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CPPIB laying off staff in Hong Kong as it steps back from China deals: report

Sadie Janes — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:00:39 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has laid off at least five investment professionals at its Hong Kong office as it steps back from deals in China, according to a report by Reuters. Most of the employees were on the fund’s private equity team and were informed early last month, said the report, citing three […]

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CPPIB returns 1.3% in fiscal 2023, bracing for headwinds ahead

lbailey — Thu, 25 May 2023 13:00:40 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is bracing for headwinds in the event of a recession, but says a wide range of investments makes it well-positioned for uncertain economic conditions. The CPPIB reported Wednesday it earned a net return of 1.3 per cent in its latest fiscal year as inflation and rising interest rates weighed on both […]

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Parliamentary subcommittee investigating Canadian public sector pension allocations to China

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:30:43 +0000

Representatives from six of Canada’s largest public sector pension investment organizations addressed a special parliamentary committee on Monday. The special committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relations called on the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan […]

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Majority of institutional investors say alternative asset managers are meeting, exceeding expectations in 2022: survey

lbailey — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:00:05 +0000

Three-quarters (75 per cent) of institutional investors say their alternative asset managers are either meeting or exceeding performance expectations in 2022 despite operating in a challenging and volatile market period, according to a survey by EY. The survey, which polled 114 hedge fund managers, 112 private equity firms and 61 institutional investors, found 50 per […]

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2022 Risk Management Conference: Long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for emerging market investors

lbailey — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:48:06 +0000

For years prior to the Russia-Ukraine war, there were murmurs about deglobalization as geostrategic tensions grew, nationalism flared worldwide and the coronavirus pandemic stressed global supply chains, said Seth Weingram, senior vice-president and director of client advisory at Acadian Asset Management, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Risk Management Conference. Since the invasion, that discussion […]

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CPPIB backing of grain exporter provides Russia propaganda victory: expert

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:30:21 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s investment in a grain exporter may be used as a propaganda tool by the Russian government, according to J. Paul Goode, McMillan chair in Russian studies at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. “If a company as important as Viterra is to the Canada […]

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Danish pension announces sanctions against Russia

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:30:05 +0000

A Danish defined benefit pension fund is ceasing its investments in Russian assets following recent developments in the ongoing crisis between the world’s largest nation and Ukraine. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his government would recognize the independence of two territories in eastern Ukraine: Donetsk and Luhansk. In response, the AkademikerPension, a US$23 […]

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