Faced with geopolitical uncertainty and limited options to increase risk asset allocations, sovereign investors are making fewer allocation changes than in any point in the…
A large imbalance in supply and demand and a competitive environment for traditional alternative asset classes are leading institutional investors to look at more creative…
The percentage of global institutional investors reporting an existing smart beta index allocation has reached a new peak of 46 per cent, up from 36…
Canadian public equities led the way as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a 12 per cent return in its latest fiscal year. On Thursday,…
When Canadian Investment Review held its inaugural Global Investment Conference 20 years ago, foreign investments were something of a niche for Canadian pension plans. With…
Diversified growth, multi-asset, multi-strategy — these are some of the terms used to describe investment options for pension plans seeking the sweet spot of equity-like…
From thematic investing to the creation of a new long-term value creation global index, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has been using its considerable…
Desjardins Global Asset Management has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment, a group of international asset holders and managers committed to investing with…
PortsToronto has hired Aon Hewitt to provide outsourced chief investment officer services for its employee pension plan. “From the beginning, we were interested in the…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is emphasizing global investments even as it noted the impact of political uncertainty in its newly released…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has created a $125-million fund to invest in Quebec’s agricultural and food sector. The fund will go…
With Poland issuing the world’s first sovereign green bond totalling 750 million euros in December and France following suit with an even larger issuance of…
While a recommendation that the government reverse course on maintaining the retirement age at 65 was one of the headline suggestions to come out of…
To move beyond the limitations that can arise from a domestic investment approach, there are compelling reasons for institutional investors to look beyond North America.…
Large pension plans in the United States are increasingly looking to Canadian pension funds for ideas and best practices in institutional investing, according to a…
On Jan. 1, 2016, an amendment to Ontario’s Pension Benefits Act came into effect requiring pension plans to disclose whether they incorporate environmental, social and…
Despite the withdrawal by institutional investors of more than $100 billion of capital from the hedge fund industry in 2016, some Canadian pension funds are still…
Aging populations have led to top-heavy societies in many developed countries. Besides the United States, all the major economies will see a decline in their…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan saw a 4.2 per cent rate of return in 2016, which was down 8.8 percentage points from 13 per cent…
As part of a new series of interviews in Benefits Canada‘s companion publication, the Canadian Investment Review, Caroline Cakebread sat down with the OPSEU pension…
Current holders of long-term Canadian and U.S. bonds should brace for the possibility of sharp interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve, an economist is…
Three major pension funds have made significant investments in property and casualty insurance companies in the past six months. What do the transactions suggest about…
Ottawa should encourage widespread investment in existing and new infrastructure by institutional investors, such as pension plans and insurers, according to a new report by…
A consortium that includes the Public Sector Pension Investment Board has acquired Vantage Data Centers, a U.S.-based provider of data centre solutions. The consortium, which…
Canadian pension plans’ love affair with foreign ports, particularly those in Australia but extending also to the United Kingdom and the Persian Gulf region, shows…
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