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Oxford Properties, AIMCo planning mixed-use development in Ontario

Oxford Properties Group, the real estate investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. are planning to develop the area around a Mississauga, Ont. shopping centre into a mixed-use neighbourhood. The development is set to transform the 130-acre area around the Square One Shopping Centre into 18,000 residential […]

  • By: Staff
  • January 21, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 16:00
Proposed Alberta Pension Plan has underwriting, political risks: report

A potential Alberta Pension Plan would expose Albertans to material underwriting risks and the potential for political involvement in decisions about the plan’s investment policy, according to a new report. The report — authored by Keith Ambachtscheer, founder of KPA Advisory Services Ltd. and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management — also estimated […]

  • By: Staff
  • January 13, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:15
AIMCo purchasing equity interest in B.C. pipeline

The company behind the $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia has made a deal to sell a 65 per cent equity interest in the project. In a news release, TC Energy Corp. said it has entered into an agreement for the sale to KKR & Co. Inc. and the Alberta Investment Management Corp., on behalf of certain […]

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The company behind the $6.2-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia says it’s made a deal to sell a 65 per cent equity interest in the project. TC Energy Corp. says in a news release that it has entered into an agreement for the sale to KKR and Alberta Investment Management Corp., on behalf of […]

While the case for creating an Alberta Pension Plan looks straightforward on the surface, it’s far from a slam dunk, according to a memo published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In the memo responding to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s plan to consult on whether the province should withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan and start […]

  • By: Staff
  • December 4, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 09:00

The Alberta Investment Management Corporation has appointed Roger Renaud to its board of directors. Most recently, Renaud was president for Canada and global chief operating officer of Manulife Asset Management, where he oversaw the integration of Standard Life Investments into the firm. “As AIMCo continues to evolve as a global investor, it is important that […]

  • By: Staff
  • November 27, 2019 December 13, 2020
  • 08:42
Alberta teachers calling on auditor general to investigate proposed public pension changes

The Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund are calling on the province’s auditor general to examine the 2019 budget proposal that would put the pension’s investments under the control of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. In a letter to the auditor general, the ATRF said it would prefer to remain in control of its own investments. “Without […]

  • By: Staff
  • November 20, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 09:45
Alberta pension plan split not about efficiency, says former CEO of AIMCo

The former chief executive officer of the organization that would administer a separate Alberta pension plan says the proposed switch from the Canada Pension Plan doesn’t make much sense from an efficiency point of view. Leo de Bever, who retired from the Alberta Investment Management Corp. in 2015, says the threatened move by the Alberta government […]

The Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board will transfer all of its funds to the Alberta Investment Management Corp. for management, according to the province’s latest budget. The ATRF board, which administers pensions for all teachers in Alberta school jurisdictions and charter schools, said in a press release it was only made aware of the change […]

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Proxy voting played a major role in the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s responsible investment strategy during the past year, according to its newly released annual responsible investment report for 2018-19. During the 2018/19 proxy voting season the AIMCo reviewed and approved more than 30,000 ballot items and voted on 99 per cent of 3,324 meetings […]

  • By: Staff
  • October 29, 2019 January 6, 2021
  • 08:30