Keyword: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

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The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is opening its first Asian office, but the Edmonton-based investment organization says it will steer well clear of China to focus instead on markets with less geopolitical risk. The official opening of the AIMCo’s new Singapore office marks the first foray into the Asia-Pacific region for one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, with $158 billion of assets under management as of 2022. Evan Siddall, chief executive officer of the AIMCo, […]

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is acquiring a majority stake in a U.K.-based wealth and investment manager. Seven Investment Management oversees more than £21 billion in assets for 2,300 financial advisory firms and 7,000 private accounts, according to a press release, which noted the organization is pursuing a new strategy of growth over the next decade based in organic net […]

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  • September 5, 2023 September 7, 2023
  • 11:00
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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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  • September 5, 2023 September 1, 2023
  • 09:00
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The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is reporting a total fund net return of 1.9 per cent for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. The 12-month total fund net return was 4.8 per cent while net assets increased to $249.8 billion, according to a press release, which noted the five- and 10-year annualized total fund […]

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  • August 16, 2023 August 15, 2023
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Despite the prevalence of farming in its home province, the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s agricultural portfolio is just 13 years old, the product of a 2010 investment in converted farmland held by Australian timber producer Great Southern Group. The properties proved too arid for tree growth and were converted back to croplands for canola, wheat […]

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is entering into a definitive agreement to sell its majority shareholding in Ireland’s national lottery operator. The pension fund is selling Premier Lotteries Ireland Ltd., which is headquartered in Dublin, to La Française des Jeux, a lottery and online gaming operator for an undisclosed amount. As part of the transaction, PLI’s other […]

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  • August 3, 2023 August 2, 2023
  • 10:00
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Five Canadian pension funds are among the most transparent in the world, according to the global pension transparency benchmark, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and CEM Benchmarking Inc. The benchmark, launched in 2021, measures the transparency of disclosures of 15 pension systems across measurements such as cost, governance, performance and responsible investing. The Canada Pension Plan […]

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  • July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023
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The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System’s infrastructure arm, alongside APG Asset Management on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP, is signing an agreement to acquire an energy infrastructure solutions business. Kenter, which was previously owned by Alliander Corporate Ventures, provides medium-voltage infrastructure, including transformers and switchgear, and metres to more than 25,000 commercial and industrial […]

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  • July 11, 2023 July 11, 2023
  • 12:00
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The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Bruce Crane as executive managing director and head of Asia-Pacific, effective immediately. He will lead investment activities and portfolio management across the Ontario Teachers’ offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Singapore. Crane joined the pension fund in 2020 as its first employee in the Singapore office. In the new […]

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  • June 28, 2023 June 28, 2023
  • 15:00
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The real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is making its first investment in alternative industrial assets through a partnership with a self storage company. The US$400-million strategic partnership between Ivanhoé Cambridge and Safely Store Self Storage Inc. will make targeted investments in the U.S. self storage sector. Its first […]

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  • June 27, 2023 June 27, 2023
  • 12:30