While the millions of voices on Twitter can feel chaotic at times, could collective opinion be harnessed to provide insight on equity investments? A new study by the…
A contentious election in Brazil that’s held the attention of the global investing community came to a conclusion on Oct. 28, 2018, with far-right congressman Jair…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans saw a median return of 0.42 per cent in the third quarter of 2018, according to BNY Mellon Asset Servicing’s universe…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp., the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and the Public Sector Investment Board have closed a previously announced plan to conglomerate their long-term timber…
The OPSEU Pension Trust, together with British private equity firm Three Hills Capital Partners, has invested more than $89 million into ACT Commodities. The Dutch…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec is entering into an agreement with Osisko Mining Inc. to acquire 9,259,260 common shares at $2.70 per share. “We are very…
Pension managers’ pooled funds posted meagre returns in the third quarter of 2018, according to Morneau Shepell Ltd.’s performance universe. Markets were less synchronized during the latter…
Three new senior appointments at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan include new roles for Gillian Brown, Danilo Simonelli and Saurabh Rastogi. Brown will lead the pension fund’s capital markets group…
For nearly a decade, analysts have been considering where the next market downturn will come from and when it will strike. But with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a controlling stake in Companhia Energética de São Paulo, a Brazilian hydro-generation company, through a joint venture with Votorantim Energia. The 80.2…
Factoring environmental, social and governance considerations into investment decisions is good risk management, according to one pension plan sponsor. “Definitely for real assets, we see it…
Canadian institutional investors with stakes in fossil fuel companies can be held as much accountable for continued and escalating carbon emissions as the producer organizations, according to a report…
The traditional move away from equities to fixed income over a target-date fund’s glide path is too simplistic to produce optimal outcomes for members, according…
As the investment landscape gets more complicated, defined contribution pension plan members’ investment options need to keep up, said Chhad Aul at the 2018 Defined Contribution Investment Forum…
Ensuring a glide path’s asset allocation is correct is really important since it’s going to be managing the bulk of positions for so many defined contribution plan…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is increasing its investment in an Indian solar power company to 40 per cent. The Caisse is contributing US$100…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is emphasizing the issue of gender composition on investee companies’ boards in its latest sustainable investing report. With this fifth area…
Following a recapitalization led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and BC Partners, GFL Environmental Inc. is merging with Waste Industries. The two companies will…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with Generation Investment Management to acquire General Atlantic’s and H.I.G. Capital’s investment in FNZ, a…
Will institutional investors be able to breathe a sigh of relief now that North America has come away from the negotiating table with a new…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing about $128 million in further supporting Hopper, a Montreal-based travel booking app. The app, which topped 30 million…
A growing number of institutional investors believe integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their portfolios can help generate alpha, according to a new survey…
In the third quarter of 2018, Canadian defined benefit pension plans reached their highest solvency ratio of any quarter since November 2000, according to Mercer’s latest…
While more than half (53 per cent) of investment managers believe the business case for developing a diverse workforce is either strong or very strong, many…
The challenging questions for institutional investors going into the last months of 2018 will be how much further global trade tensions will rise and the subsequent…