Investors will be watching closely as speculation ramps up that Canada’s central bank will raise interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday. A modest…
Countering earlier positive reports on pension plan performance so far this year, Aon Hewitt is seeing a decline in the median solvency ratio in the…
Three to four years ago, institutional investors were showing strong interest in frontier markets as they sought opportunities for lower correlations with global markets. But…
Home Capital Group Inc. will end its $2-billion credit agreement with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan just months after it entered into the deal…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing in Calgary-based oil and gas company Ikkuma Resources Corp. through a $45-million financing deal. According to the agreement, AIMCo…
Bolstered by a lift in global equities, Canadian defined benefit pension plans maintained positive growth in the first quarter of 2017 with average returns of…
When Canadian Investment Review held its inaugural Global Investment Conference 20 years ago, foreign investments were something of a niche for Canadian pension plans. With…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will provide $107 million in debt financing to a Canadian rooftop solar power producer. Potentia Renewables Inc.,…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is emphasizing global investments even as it noted the impact of political uncertainty in its newly released…
Diversified pooled fund managers saw a median return of three per cent before management fees in the first quarter of the year, according to findings…
While the investment climate has generally been positive in recent months, investors can expect a macroeconomic “tug of war” in 2017, according to the head…
Investors may be tired of hearing about central banks and monetary policy moves. But these days, the outlook for many countries hinges on whether monetary…
With Poland issuing the world’s first sovereign green bond totalling 750 million euros in December and France following suit with an even larger issuance of…
Current holders of long-term Canadian and U.S. bonds should brace for the possibility of sharp interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve, an economist is…
Institutional investors are turning to riskier assets for better returns in order to cope with the current environment of low yields and volatile markets, according to…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System improved its net investment return to 10.3 per cent at the end of 2016 compared to 6.7 per cent…
As it continues to build an ‘all-terrain’ portfolio, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a return of 7.6 per cent in 2016. This…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing in Calgary-based energy company Perpetual Energy Inc. by agreeing to a $45 million debt-with-warrants financing. Under the agreement,…
There will be clear winners and losers if U.S. President Donald Trump continues with plans to reform trade and financial regulations this year, according to…
The Canada Pension Plan fund’s net assets decreased to $298.1 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016, compared to $300.5 billion at the end…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans closed out 2016 with an annual return of 6.8 per cent, up from 5.4 per cent in 2015, according to…
Large institutional investors plan to put more cash towards less liquid assets this year, according to a new study by BlackRock Inc. Its survey of…
Five years ago, Patrick O’Toole said he was maintaining overweights in corporate bonds. “We think that strategy is going to pay off over the next…
In December, a Mercer report found the median solvency ratio for Canadian pension plans increased from 85 per cent at the end of the third…
The sentiment for investing in emerging markets in Asia has jumped significantly over the past year, from 19 in 2015 to 34 in 2016, according…