The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is purchasing a stake in a France-based company, the Delachaux Group. Operating in 35 countries, the Delachaux Group…
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…
Luge Capital, a venture capital fund backed by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has completed a round of financing worth $75 million…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is issuing green bonds with an aim to boost its holdings in renewable energy and efficient buildings. Over the past…
Lower bond yields and mixed markets drove down the median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit plans in May, according to Aon’s monthly survey. On June 1,…
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…
The OPSEU Pension Trust is among investors helping Yaletown Partners move towards its goal of $200 million for its innovation growth fund. Having reached more…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is among investors taking part in a $250-million round of financing for Tradeshift, a global supply chain digital payments company. With…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System are expressing their support for the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s proposal for a transaction fee pilot.…
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…
The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, an organization consisting of institutional investors, has released a guide for company boards seeking to oversee environmental and social…
Institutional investors are keeping an eye on the political instability in Italy as premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli prepares to present his ministerial picks and the market opened down…
As the May 31 deadline approaches for Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. to abandon the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is suggesting…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are part of a consortium of investors acquiring global energy service…
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…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is increasing its stake in Chicago-based Invenergy to a 52.4 per cent ownership of the company. The company…
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,…
The carbon footprint of Bâtirente’s overall equities portfolio is 35 per cent lower than its benchmark, according to a report by the Quebec-based pension fund. The report also…
The funded status of the Segal Group Inc.’s model multi-employer pension plan dipped to 98 per cent during the first quarter of 2018, down from…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans held steady in positive territory in the first quarter of 2018 with returns of 0.2 per cent, according to RBC Investor and…
On a global scale, regulatory rumblings are growing louder on single-use plastics, highlighting potential risks and opportunities within the plastics supply chain for institutional investors…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is selling its 17,628,911 remaining shares of Quebecor Media Inc. back to Quebecor Inc. for $1.69 billion, representing 18.47…
In spite of volatile public equity markets, the median solvency ratio for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans was slightly higher at 95 per cent for the…
Canadian pension plans eked out a small return of almost 0.4 per cent for the first quarter of 2018, according to CIBC Mellon Global Securities…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has entered an agreement to purchase the Downsview industrial property owned by Bombardier Inc. in Toronto for $816 million.…