Ontario Teachers’ sells interest in mining asset for US$300M, Rogers equity raise gets pension fund support
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is selling its remaining 19.9 per cent free cash flow interest held in a mining asset to New Gold Inc.…
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New York City pension funds pursuing legal action against Tesla, blames mismanagement for losses
The office of the New York City comptroller, which oversees five public pension systems, is recommending the New York City Law Department to seek securities…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- April 10, 2025 April 8, 2025
- 09:00
Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 2.8% in January: report
The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan increased both on a solvency and accounting basis in January, according to Telus Health’s…
- By: Staff
- April 10, 2025 April 9, 2025
- 09:00
IMCO returns 9.9% in 2024, driven by public equities
The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is reporting a weighted average net return of 9.9 per cent as at Dec. 31, 2024. At the end…
- By: Staff
- April 9, 2025 April 9, 2025
- 15:00
Japanese institutional investors slow down allocations to private assets, remain interested: report
Japanese institutional investors are slowing their allocations to private assets, according to a new report by Crisil Coalition Greenwich. It found the share of Japanese…
- By: Staff
- April 9, 2025 April 7, 2025
- 15:00
Average funded ratio of Canadian DB pension plans down 2% in Q1 2025: report
The aggregate funded ratio for Canadian pension plans in the S&P/TSX composite index declined to 105.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, compared…
- By: Staff
- April 8, 2025 April 7, 2025
- 09:00
AIMCo returns 12.3% in 2024, driven by public equities
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a total fund net investment return of 12.3 per cent, roughly 1.5 per cent below its 13.8 per…
- By: Staff
- April 7, 2025 April 4, 2025
- 09:00
U.S. institutional investors increasing private market exposure, leaving ESG behind: report
Private equity allocations are increasing to 12 per cent in the asset mix of U.S.-based institutional investors while public equities reached 38 per cent in…
- By: Staff
- April 4, 2025 April 2, 2025
- 15:00
B.C. regulator releases stand-alone information security guideline for pension plans
The British Columbia Financial Services Authority is releasing a stand-alone information security guideline for pension plan administrators based in the province. The guideline, which will…
- By: Staff
- April 3, 2025 March 31, 2025
- 09:00
PSP Investments selling 22% stake in airport operator, Ontario Teachers’ buying Scandinavian logistics portfolio
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is selling a minority stake in AGS Airports to alternative asset manager Blackstone Inc. The deal will give Blackstone…
- By: Staff
- April 2, 2025 April 1, 2025
- 15:00
Investment volatility increasing scope of pension governance questions: expert
Increased investment volatility could trigger additional questions on the decisions of Canadian pension funds as governance reviews come into focus, says Level Chan, a partner…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- April 2, 2025 April 1, 2025
- 09:00
66% of institutional investors increasing private asset allocations: survey
Two-thirds (66 per cent) of global institutional investors say they plan to increase their private asset allocations over the next five years, according to a…
- By: Staff
- March 31, 2025 March 31, 2025
- 14:30
PSP Investments appointing Caroline Vermette as CFO, Alexandre Roy as chief risk officer
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is appointing Caroline Vermette as senior vice-president and chief financial officer and Alexandre Roy as senior vice-president and chief…
- By: Staff
- March 28, 2025 March 28, 2025
- 14:30
BCI overseeing $2BN of Four Pillars Society settlement funds
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is overseeing $2 billion on behalf of a not-for-profit organization representing the financial interest of 325 First Nations across…
- By: Staff
- March 27, 2025 March 24, 2025
- 11:00
Canadian institutional investors prioritizing liquidity needs in small-cap equity market: report
Canadian institutional investors are prioritizing efficient access to liquidity and high-quality brokerage services in the domestic equity market, according to a new report from Crisil…
- By: Staff
- March 27, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 11:00
OMERS closes US$1BN term notes offering, Caisse investing in Quebec engineering firm
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is closing a new offering of term notes worth US$1 billion. The notes, which carry a five-year maturity rate,…
- By: Staff
- March 26, 2025 March 24, 2025
- 15:00
Pension risk transfer sales increase to $5.2BN in Q4 2024: report
The pension risk transfer market achieved a record-breaking demand with $11 billion in deals at the end of 2024, according to a new report from…
- By: Staff
- March 26, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 09:00
CWIPP reporting investment return of 10.9% in 2024
The Canada-Wide Industrial Pension Plan is reporting a return of 10.9 per cent for 2024, down slightly from 11.7 per cent in 2023. It also…
- By: Staff
- March 25, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 14:00
Ontario Teachers’ returns 9.4% in 2024
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is reporting a net return of 9.4 per cent for 2024, up from 1.9 per cent in 2023, according to…
- By: Staff
- March 21, 2025 March 24, 2025
- 09:00
How DeepSeek is changing the AI value chain, institutional investment space
The emergence of the Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek-R1 has raised questions on how it will change the AI value chain, from providers to consumers…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- March 20, 2025 March 20, 2025
- 09:00
OMERS appointing Alexander Fraser as executive vice-president, global head of private equity
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is appointing Alexander Fraser as executive vice-president and global head of private equity, effective March 17. He’ll succeed Michael…
- By: Staff
- March 19, 2025 March 13, 2025
- 15:00
PSP Investments buys stake in 407 toll highway, CPPIB gets regulator approval for acquisition of U.S. energy company
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is buying a 7.51 per cent ownership stake in the 407 Express Toll Route from the Canada Pension Plan…
- By: Staff
- March 19, 2025 March 14, 2025
- 15:00
CPPIB appointing Ben Meng as managing director, head of investment portfolio management
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is appointing Ben Meng as managing director and head of investment portfolio management, effective immediately. Most recently, Meng was…
- By: Staff
- March 18, 2025 March 24, 2025
- 15:00
How institutional investors are approaching community bonds
While community bonds, an investment asset offered by not-for-profits looking to raise capital for socially conscious projects, are growing in Canada, they don’t match the…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- March 18, 2025 March 24, 2025
- 09:00
Survey finds institutional investors are pushing for increased automation from bond dealers
Institutional investors are looking for bond dealers to invest more in increased automation supported by more data and more application programming interfaces, according to a…
- By: Staff
- March 17, 2025 March 13, 2025
- 15:00
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