“These Canadians own your town,” Fortune magazine declared in December 2015, referring to the massive infrastructure and real estate investments Canadian pension funds have made…
Canadian pension funds are falling behind their international peers when it comes to climate change risk management, according to an annual report released yesterday. “Climate…
The Portfolio Management Association of Canada (PMAC) is adding its support to Ontario’s proposed elimination of the rule that prevents pension plans from owning more…
In the 25-year history of the goods and services tax, its application to investment fees has been the subject of a series of battles between the…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced it will sell its ownership in ANV Holdings BV to AmTrust Financial Services, a multinational insurance holding company headquartered in…
When the Ontario government released a regulatory proposal to eliminate the so-called 30-per-cent rule on March 14, it appeared neither controversial nor significant at first…
As London constantly feels suffocated by what it sees as an overbearing Brussels, the relationship between Britain and Europe is anything but perfect. But after…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $18 million to support the creation of a new entity launched by Moment Factory, an internationally…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, together with Investissement Québec, has invested $12.8 million in AddÉnergie, a Québec manufacturer of smart charging solutions for…
In the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, the main character, Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, is doomed to repeat February 2 over and over again until…
The solvency position of Canadian pension plans declined in the first quarter of 2016, an impact of volatile markets, according to two reports published this week.…
Despite low interest rates, slow global growth and sliding commodity prices, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) saw its investment return increase in 2015 –…
The University of Toronto has rejected recommendations to get rid of its holdings in the fossil fuel industry, but says it will consider environmental, social, and governance factors in making investment…
CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, has completed the funding of €480 million in the Mandatory Exchangeable Facility…
American Airlines has re-instated its profit-sharing program, which had been in place prior to its 2015 merger with US Airways. The program, which took effect with…
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has reported a 9.1% rate of return on its total assets under management for the year ending December 31, 2015.…
Active investment management is grounded in the belief that markets are not always efficient. Generally the key culprits responsible for this inefficiency are investors’ emotions…
The federal government will seek additional funding from Canada’s pension funds as it looks to invest more than $120 billion in infrastructure over the next…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to invest $80 million in Triotech, a Canadian company that produces media-based simulators for entertainment and edutainment markets.…
Why should institutional investors take a second look at their investments in the fossil-fuel industry? And why should employers look at ways they can help…
Three of Canada’s largest fund managers are part of a joint proposal by two bidders to buy and break up Asciano Ltd., an Australian rail,…
Like other large defined benefit pension funds in Canada, OPTrust, which manages the OPSEU Pension Plan, saw its 2015 investment return slide amid low interest…
More Canadians are saving for retirement than Americans, according to a new survey by Franklin Templeton Investments. Its 2016 Retirement Income Strategies and Expectations survey, which…
We’ve been called Maple Revolutionaries and the new masters of the universe. For years now, it has been a heady thing to be one of…
Only 18% of female respondents said they take an active role in understanding their retirement investment plan, while 44% report confidence in decision making when…