Leo de Bever talks about the career lessons that have helped to shape AIMCo’s path. How has your work as an economist helped you in pension investing? Economics is a bit like law: it provides a lot of touch points, allowing you to frame issues in a way that is probably more holistic than if […]
Leo de Bever, the first CEO of the Alberta Investment Management Co. (AIMCo), says he’s had his work cut out for him ever since he began his tenure at the arm’s-length crown corporation set up to manage assets for the province’s 26 pension, endowment and government funds.
Tuesday’s announcement that Swiss-based Glencore International will acquire Viterra Inc. for $6.1 billion will result in a healthy return for Alberta’s public pension fund manager.
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) is acquiring a 50% interest in Inversiones Grupo Saesa Limitada, an electrical transmission and distribution company in Chile.
States need to renew to keep the lights on.
For the last 10 years, taking risk did not pay off for DB plans, said Leo de Bever, CEO and chief investment officer of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo), speaking today at The Conference Board of Canada’s 2011 Summit on the Future of Pensions: Rebuilding Pensions, Rethinking Retirement in Toronto. DB is an efficient system, […]
Alberta Investment Management Co. (AIMCo) has agreed to buy a 50% interest in the Autopista Central Highway in Santiago, Chile, from Skanska AB for $878 million. The six-lane highway runs 61 kilometres through central Santiago and connects the suburbs with downtown and the Pan-American Highway. “Rapid economic growth in Latin America is creating a great […]
Online Debates: A Year in Review Part I
Interview with industry veteran.