Google parent company Alphabet Inc. and affiliate Sidewalk Labs are partnering with the Ontario Teachers’ Plan Plan to launch a new company that invests in North American infrastructure. The spin-out of Sidewalk Labs called Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, plans to hold, operate and invest in advanced infrastructure for the digital age. “Sidewalk Infrastructure will give cities […]
Private equity firm Peloton Capital Management has made its inaugural investment of $75 million in 123Dentist, the largest majority Canadian-owned network of dental practices. Peloton, which launched in November 2018, was founded by two former Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan managing directors, Steve Faraone and Mike Murray. Jim Leech, the chancellor of Queen’s University and former […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has terminated an agreement to sell its 10 per cent stake in Hudson’s Bay Co. to a private entity controlled by the retailer’s executive chairman, Richard Baker. The announcement, by one of Baker’s private companies, came after HBC’s publicly traded shares rose above what Teachers’ was to get under the […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan posted a net return of 2.5 per cent for 2018, down from 2017’s net return of 9.7 per cent. The pension fund outperformed its benchmark by 1.8 per cent, remained fully funded for the sixth consecutive year and increased its assets by $1.6 billion to a total of $191.1 billion. “Our […]
And other pension news in brief.
Weighing the Pros and Cons.
Coverage from the current online debate on Fixed Income.
Online Debates: A Year in Review Part I