Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $5 million in NAPEC Inc., a company headquartered in Drummondville, Que. that builds and maintains electrical transmission and distribution grids, as well…
Solid performance from equities and long-duration domestic bonds in the third quarter of 2016 boosted returns for Canadian defined benefit pension plans, according to a…
The outcome of the upcoming U.S. election, which will be decided this time next week, will likely affect institutional investors by determining the extent of…
The McInnis Cement plan project, a collaboration between Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and other shareholders, is close to 75 per cent completed…
Assets managed by the world’s 500 largest asset managers fell in 2015 for the first time since 2011, according to research conducted by Willis Towers…
The Canada Pension Plan Board has entered into a second joint venture with Longfor Properties Co. Ltd. to invest $193 million and a 49 per…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will acquire a minority stake in India-based logistics service provider TVS Logistics Services Ltd. for US$155 million. Following…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Nicole Musicco senior vice-president of public equities, effective Jan. 1. She is replacing Wayne Kozen, who is leaving the…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will acquire the Canadian arm of an international beer, wine and spirits producer and marketer for about $1.03 billion. Apart from…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $30 million in Harnois Groupe pétrolier, the largest independent distributor of petroleum products in the province.…
The U.S. election trail reached a fever pitch this past weekend on the heels of Donald Trump’s leaked audio tapes and the second presidential debate,…
Cubico Sustainable Investments, which is owned by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has been awarded power purchase agreements for…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has entered into a strategic financing relationship with Journey Energy Inc., a Canadian exploration and production company. Journey has completed…
The correlation between workforce management and company performance means institutional investors have a key role to play in encouraging better workplace policies at organizations in…
The private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has sold its stake in a U.S.-based network of dental practices. Yesterday, the pension…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will invest US$500 million in Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., a third-party claims administrator with offices in the…
Canada’s digitally savvy millennials are the most educated, culturally-diverse generation to come along. But like their grandparents, they fear market volatility and often prefer to…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, along with the Québec Manufacturing Fund and Namakor Holdings, has acquired all outstanding shares of human-machine interface company…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has signed an agreement with American International Group to acquire 100 per cent of Ascot Underwriting Ltd., AIG’s Lloyd’s…
A new pooled investment vehicle within T. Rowe Price Inc.’s global focused growth equity strategy is now available to Canadian institutional investors. The fourth pooled…
Golfsmith International Holdings Inc., a U.S. golf retailer owned by the private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, will be selling Canada-based…
Foyston, Gordon and Payne Inc. has appointed Stephen Mitchell as portfolio manager for its global and international equity mandates. Mitchell was most recently Burgundy Asset…
Some 28 independent institutional investment firms have exited the industry through amalgamation or shuttered operations since 2012 due to deteriorating earnings performance, poor investment banking…
The University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto is the latest institutional investor to join the Shareholder Association for Research and Education, an organization that…
Despite continuing economic uncertainty, Canadian defined benefit pension plans showed returns of 2.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to first quarter…