Despite the ongoing geopolitical and economic volatility that marked 2025 and will continue to shape 2026, institutional investors are taking a measured approach and viewing their portfolios through a long-term lens. “You can indicate those risks, but it’s not going to change the way we invest — it’s just an added risk,” says Jennifer Shum, […]
CPP Investments is acquiring Scandinavia-based data centre company atNorth from Partners Group. The deal, completed alongside partner Equinix, is valued at US$4 billion and both investors agreed to provide a US$4.2bn financing package to support operations. The investment organization expects to get a 60-per-cent controlling interest with the remaining option going to its partner in […]
The last decade has seen seismic shifts in geopolitical, macroeconomic, capital market and technological trends. Today, uncertainty abounds: U.S. policy has become increasingly erratic, and artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that promises massive productivity gains as well as disruption. How can investors navigate so much change and ongoing uncertainty? Here are some lessons […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System earned a six per cent net investment return in 2025, generating $8.2 billion in net investment income, according to the investment organization’s latest financial report. Read: OMERS returns 2.2% in first half of 2025, net assets reach $138.2 billion It noted the OMERS increased its net assets to $145.2 billion […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec returned 9.3 per cent for 2025, below its benchmark portfolio’s 10.9 per cent return, according to the investment organization’s latest financial report. The investment organization’s five-year and 10-year annualized returns were 6.5 per cent and 7.2 per cent, compared to benchmarks of 6.2 per cent and 6.9 […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is aiming to increase its investments in private climate transition assets to $70 billion by 2030, as part of the investment organization’s new climate strategy. These investments will be focused in companies that are decarbonizing their operations and those enabling the global energy transition, according to a press release, which […]
An article on the ongoing governance crisis at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s pension plan was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. CAAT places Derek Dobson on administrative leave, appoints acting CEO 2. FSRA […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is halting investments in a Dubai-based logistics company due to alleged ties between the firm’s chief executive officer and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. According to a report by the Financial Post, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World’s CEO and chairman, exchanged messages with Epstein before and […]
With global trade wars, environmental, social, and governance pushback and artificial intelligence advances, 2025 was a roller-coaster year for institutional investors. Unfortunately, 2026 is shaping up to be another year marked by high uncertainty. Here are three priorities for pension leaders to keep in mind as they steer their organizations through turbulent waters. Read: Uncertain […]
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is appointing Jon Salon as executive vice-president and global head of private equity, effective Feb. 2, 2026. Salon first joined the BCI’s private equity team in 2024 as senior managing director and global head of health care. He succeeds Jim Pittman, who has led the program since 2016 and is […]