The majority of global institutional investors anticipate 2018 will be a year of increasing volatility in both the bond (70 per cent) and stock (78 per cent) markets, according to Natixis Investment Managers. Its latest survey, which polled 500 institutional investors in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, found that 72 per cent of […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced a new joint venture with mining giant Glencore Canada Corp. to invest in royalty streams from base-metals projects. Under the deal, Glencore will contribute a portfolio of selected royalties worth about $380 million. The portfolio includes a selection of existing royalties on properties in North and South America […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing more than $507 million in British insurer Hyperion Insurance Group Ltd. The investment will provide new growth equity and liquidity to current shareholders, noted a news release from the Caisse, which will now be a minority shareholder in the company alongside U.S. investment firm General Atlantic. Hyperion […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, along with several other investors, has raised $180 million for Canadian venture capital firm Real Ventures, bringing its total funds under management to $330 million. Along with the new investment, repeat funding is coming from the Business Development Bank of Canada, Investissement Quebec Inc. and Teralys Capital, with new […]
Investors make decisions every day about how to allocate the monies entrusted to them, including choices which asset classes, which markets and which managers to select. Asset allocation and asset liability studies help to determine the trade-off between risk and return, which translates into an asset mix. From there, investors decide on how to invest […]
Despite the political noise around the globe, underlying economies are in pretty good shape and virtually every asset class is seeing high prices, according to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s president and chief executive officer. “I’m worried that everything is expensive. That’s the main thing,” said Mark Machin, speaking at an Economic Club of Canada event […]
It’s no secret that passive investments, such as exchange-traded and indexed funds, have become more popular with investors over the past 10 years. Such funds require very little to no intervention by investment managers and, therefore, have much lower management fees than the classic mutual fund structure. Read: Continued growth predicted as ETF industry tops $100 billion […]
The infrastructure arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is increasing its investment in Britain’s largest water company. OMERS Infrastructure is purchasing an additional 4.36 per cent interest in Kemble Water Holdings Ltd., the holding company of Thames Water Utilities Ltd., from Hermes Investment Management. Read: OMERS’ infrastructure arm invests in Thames Water In March 2017, OMERS Infrastructure […]
As the economy continues to face major technological disruption, investors will face an increasingly competitive environment to find the best real estate opportunities, a panel of experts suggested at an event in Toronto on Thursday. “Every time you hear the word challenge, you should hear opportunity,” said Tim Bellman, head of global research on Invesco Ltd.’s real estate […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is committing a $50-million loan to a group of solar energy systems set up by California-based Sunrun Inc. The loan is part of a $302-million senior secured credit facility closed by Sunrun on Oct. 20, 2017. The U.S. solar energy company handles the entire process from design to sale and installation […]