Buoyed by rebounding Canadian equity returns, Canadian defined benefit pension plans posted returns of 0.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2017, marking the…
The median solvency ratio for Canadian defined benefit plans rose to 100.7 per cent in October as equity markets continued to rally, according to Aon Hewitt’s monthly…
The infrastructure arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is increasing its investment in Britain’s largest water company. OMERS Infrastructure is purchasing an additional 4.36 per cent…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans experienced a modest third quarter, according to separate reports by BNY Mellon Asset Management Canada Ltd. and Northern Trust Corp.…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is committing a $50-million loan to a group of solar energy systems set up by California-based Sunrun Inc. The loan…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is loaning $150 million to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., a Quebec-based renewable energy company. Among Innergex’s ventures are hydroelectric power plants,…
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and French private equity group PAI Partners have agreed to a cash public offer of all shares of Refresco Group…
At an index level, equity volatility in developed markets has reached record lows in 2017. In the U.S. options market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange volatility…
For those who use the standard four per cent withdrawal rate for retirement savings, it’s time to reconsider the approach. “The four per cent withdrawal rate has…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in Montreal-based Lightspeed POS Inc., a point-of-sale and e-commerce software solution for independent retailers and restaurateurs.…
Carbon divestment doesn’t have to mean sacrificing investment returns, a Canadian asset manager is arguing. On Monday, Genus Capital Management Inc. released a report on…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and partners are investing US$350 million in the Alpha Data Centre Fund, which aims to develop a portfolio of new and…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is purchasing 11,369,599 Class A shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. from Metro Inc. Couche-Tard owns and operates nearly 9,500…
Would you invest in companies whose product kills seven million people every year, costs society $2 trillion annually in medical expenses, uses child labour in…
A consortium of funds that includes the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board has reached an agreement to acquire CeramTec…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Canadian private equity firm Novacap are investing in a Quebec-based payment processing and merchant services provider. With…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing in oilfield services company Western Energy Services Corp. with a $215-million financing deal. According to the agreement, the…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and CGI Group Inc. are entering into an agreement that allows the Montreal-based information technology consulting company…
The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans declined to 96.5 per cent in August, amid rising global political instability and subdued equity…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is supplying $141 million in loans to Carestream Dental, a division of Carestream Health. The company develops,…
It can be difficult to find real alpha opportunities, which are based on consistently harvestable mispricings rather than a manager’s hard-to-replicate intuition. Certainly, the pages…
Vestcor Investment Management Corp. has posted a 6.16 per cent overall investment return for the year ending Dec. 31, 2016. Formerly known as the New…
As barbecue season continues in full swing, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced its involvement in an investment in a U.S.-based wood-fired grill company.…
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 Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will acquire a minority stake in Sebia, a French in-vitro diagnostics company, from two European private equity…