The merger between Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life first announced in March has been completed. The new global investment company, Standard Life Aberdeen, has…
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has posted a return of five per cent for the first half of 2017 and a five-year…
The Canada Pension Plan fund’s net assets increased to $326.5 billion at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $316.7 billion…
While compliance with requirements to file statements of investment policies and procedures has reached 94 per cent in Ontario, only 34 per cent of the…
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has released a draft guideline on best practices for derivatives used in federally regulated private pension plans.…
A year after it came into existence, the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario began managing the assets of its first two clients yesterday. Established in…
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. has reported a 12.4 per cent return for its fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2017, a significant increase from…
The Bank of Canada is raising its benchmark interest rate 0.75 per cent from 0.5 per cent, the first increase in seven years. The central…
A number of large Canadian pension funds are among the global organizations that have signed a statement supporting the voluntary recommendations set out by the…
The government has appointed Janice Fukakusa as the inaugural chair of the board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Fukakusa is a corporate director and former…
A group of global institutional investors are urging companies to disclose how they manage their global workforces in order to increase shareholder transparency. The coalition…
Forty years ago, insurance and trust companies dominated the pension investment industry. But by the early 1980s, the landscape began to change as boutique asset…
There’s plenty of evidence that sustainable investing is gaining traction as an important consideration in institutional investors’ strategies and portfolios. Take, for example, the fact…
Shareholders have approved the proposed merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. At Standard Life’s general meeting on Monday, 98.6 per cent of…
Most target-date funds aren’t serving employees well, argues a paper published earlier this month in the Social Science Research Network. While target-date funds are an easy…
CBRE Group Inc. is acquiring a majority interest in Toronto-based investment management business Caledon Capital Management Inc. Upon closing, Caledon will be renamed CBRE Caledon…
Put off by what they see as exorbitant pay for Mylan executives, some big pension funds are attempting to block the re-election of a number…
The percentage of global institutional investors reporting an existing smart beta index allocation has reached a new peak of 46 per cent, up from 36…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is defending itself against what it calls “baseless allegations” by the Boeing Co. as the U.S. Department…
Canadian public equities led the way as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a 12 per cent return in its latest fiscal year. On Thursday,…
Amid protests from the public and several institutional investors, Pierre Beaudoin is relinquishing his role as executive chairman at Bombardier Inc. Beaudoin will remain non-executive chairman of…
Diversified growth, multi-asset, multi-strategy — these are some of the terms used to describe investment options for pension plans seeking the sweet spot of equity-like…
From thematic investing to the creation of a new long-term value creation global index, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has been using its considerable…
Desjardins Global Asset Management has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment, a group of international asset holders and managers committed to investing with…
Great-West Lifeco Inc.’s net earnings fell slightly from the previous year as its assets under management grew to more than $675 billion. The company’s profits…