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The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has $64.9 billion invested in green assets, compared to $48.9 billion in fiscal 2023, according to the investment organization’s latest sustainability report. It found in addition to green assets, PSP Investments has roughly $11.5 billion in transition assets, defined as investments that have committed to make a substantial contribution […]

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  • September 19, 2024 September 18, 2024
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Eduard van Gelderen, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s senior vice-president and chief investment officer, is stepping down after six years with the organization. Effective immediately, Alexandre Roy, PSP Investments’ senior managing director of total fund management, will assume the CIO’s responsibilities on an interim basis, according to a press release. Read: PSP Investments appointing Oliver […]

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  • August 22, 2024 September 4, 2024
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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System are investing US$400 million in emerging market energy transition debt. The new investment commitment, which also includes Ninety One Ltd., the U.K.’s Legal and General Investment Management and the Wiltshire Pension Fund, will focus energy transition efforts across emerging markets, […]

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  • August 13, 2024 August 13, 2024
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Liquidity status is helping some of Canada’s biggest pension funds meet the challenges of a volatile investment market thanks to exceptional liquidity status, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings Inc. The report, which compared the credit ratings and portfolios of seven of the largest Canadian pension funds with approximately $2.1 trillion in net […]

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  • July 24, 2024 July 24, 2024
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In an open letter, leaders from Canada’s biggest pension funds are asking the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board to reconsider a two-year relief period granted to companies around non-climate disclosures. “Where sustainability-related factors are material, they have the potential to present material financial impacts to companies’ performance and is important information for boards and investors,” read […]

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  • July 18, 2024 July 17, 2024
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Some of Canada’s largest pension funds are rethinking their real estate strategies as higher interest rates continue to push valuations lower and lenders pull in their purse strings, according to reporting by Bloomberg. Read: Canadian pension funds seeking diversification in real estate at home, abroad: experts Indeed, it said the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board […]

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  • July 8, 2024 July 8, 2024
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Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is increasing the size of its investment partnership with Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners to US$500 million. The investment partnership, which was originally formed in 2021, will continue to seek equity investments in multifamily properties, student housing and manufactured housing […]

  • By: Staff
  • June 21, 2024 June 21, 2024
  • 15:00

While many of the investment strategies and resources at the disposal of the Maple 8 — Canada’s eight largest public pension plans that represent more than $2.1 trillion in assets under management — are out of reach for medium- and small-sized plan sponsors in the country, the path carved by the most sophisticated investment organizations […]

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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring an equity stake in North American port terminal and logistics operator QSL International Ltd. The investment organization first invested in QSL in 2021 through loan deals. The deal is expected to close in mid-2024 and details of the transaction weren’t disclosed. “We are proud to take […]

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  • February 23, 2024 February 23, 2024
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Three of Canada’s largest pension plans are among the top 10 pension funds that generated the largest compound annualized returns between 2013 and 2022, according to a report by data platform Global SWF. The report, which measured the compound annual growth rate of pension funds’ single-year investment returns between fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2022, found […]

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  • February 14, 2024 February 14, 2024
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