At the end of its 2018 fiscal year, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board posted a net return of 9.8 per cent, representing $13.5 billion in income. While the result wasn’t as hefty as last year’s 12.8 per cent, the fund beat its benchmark portfolio return of 8.7 per cent. The increase in assets marks […]
There’s plenty of room to grow in Canadian farmland, according to Kevin Fahey, director of investments at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan. The United States and emerging markets offer opportunities as well, but farmland in Canada is cheaper than it is south of the border at the moment, he notes. As for emerging markets, while […]
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and Australian institutional funds manager IFM Investors are entering into an agreement with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to become equity partners in a Vancouver-based container terminal operator. Ontario Teachers’ will continue to hold 37.5 per cent of GCT Global Container Terminals Inc., with IFM acquiring 37.5 per cent and […]
While the integration of environmental, social and governance factors is becoming more prevalent in discussions about institutional investing, there’s more work to do when it comes to alternative investments. “Private equity is all about value creation,” said Martha Tredgett, Canadian representative for LGT Capital Partners Ltd., during an event hosted by the Canadian chapter of […]
Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. has upped its stake in Toronto’s Ritz-Carlton hotel to 100 per cent ownership of the property. One of the original developers of the Toronto property, which opened in 2011, Cadillac Fairview has purchased the interest of the Simcoe Wellington Hotel Limited Partnership in order to take full ownership. “As one of […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is joining the Quebec government and Investissement Québec in financing a distribution facility for retailer La Maison Simons. The Caisse’s investment totals $27 million, with $17 million coming from Investissement Québec. In addition, the Quebec government is lending Simons $81 million, $51 million of which is for the purchase of automated […]
OMFIF reveals the 2017 trend toward alternatives and sustainable investing.
Global institutional investors’ assets under management rose 7.3 per cent in 2017 to US$36.2 trillion, the largest increase in five years, according to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. The London, England, and Singapore-based independent think-tank’s report tracks 750 global public pension, sovereign funds and central banks, holding assets equivalent to 45 per cent of the […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board posted a net annual return of 11.6 per cent as the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2018. Adding $39.4 billion to its overall holdings, the fund now boasts $356.1 billion in assets under management. The increase included a $36.7-billion return after all expenses and $2.7 billion in […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. and its investment partner, Portus Retail Partners LLP, have acquired one of Belgium’s newest urban shopping centres. Docks Bruxsel, which opened in 2016, is the first new shopping centre in Brussels in more than 30 years, according to a press release. It includes fashion and lifestyle retailers, leisure attractions, event […]