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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

lbailey — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:00:16 +0000

An article on how transparency and communication are key for employers planning to pay out executive bonuses was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the past week: 1. Employers paying out executive bonuses can avoid criticism by embracing transparency 2. Survey finds Canadian employers looking […]

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Caisse receives top grade for climate strategy across 11 public pension investors: report

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:30:09 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec received the highest mark in a report card grading the climate strategies of the 11 largest public pension investment organizations in Canada. The Caisse’s strategy, which received a B+ from Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, was praised for including provisions to divest its portfolio […]

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Ivanhoé Cambridge extending News Corp. lease, BCI-backed insurer securing major investor

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:34:12 +0000

The real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is extending a lease to a major media organization. According to the terms of the deal between Ivanhoé Cambridge and News Corp., the media company will continue to lease six hectares of space within a Manhattan office building to Fox News, a […]

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Canadian pension plans named as passive beneficiaries of China’s crimes against humanity: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:00:06 +0000

Nine Canadian public sector pension plans are passively invested in companies with evidenced involvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China, according to a new report by U.K. think tank Hong Kong Watch. The report includes three federal and six provincial pension investment organizations — among more than 30 global institutional investors — as passive investors […]

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BCI launches timberlands management company, Ivanhoé invests in real estate technology fund

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:00:45 +0000

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is jointly sponsoring the launch of a company managing timberland assets located in the southeastern U.S. Together with the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, the BCI will launch Caddo Sustainable Timberlands, which will manage 312,500 hectares of forests located in Texas and Louisiana. With the timberlands certified by the […]

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Caisse co-financing remote monitoring company, OMERS subsidiary enters Australian rental market

Gideon Scanlon — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:00:16 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is co-financing $100 million in credit for a remote area monitoring company. The Caisse is joining fellow investors, including the Business Development Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada, to provide credit for quasi-equity, subordinated debt and revolving credit for Vosker. The majority of the funding will […]

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Caisse co-investing in sustainable energy, AIMCo acquiring U.K. warehouses

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:00:24 +0000

The Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec is entering a co-investment collaboration targeting ventures in the sustainable energy sector. The three-year agreement between the Caisse and the BP-owned investment firm BP Ventures has already resulted in an investment in Bridge to Renewables Inc., which is developing software infrastructure to enable electric vehicles to interact with […]

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Canadian public pension plans lead in private equity investments: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:00:08 +0000

Canada’s largest public pension plans are more heavily invested in private equity than other global public pension plans, according to a new report by British think tank the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. “What really distinguishes the Canadian model is this large exposure to private equity, which stands out from across the sample, . […]

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Canada’s largest pension funds come together at inaugural climate change event

Gideon Scanlon — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:00:10 +0000

Representatives from eight of Canada’s largest pension funds — known as the Maple Eight — participated in the first meeting of the Sustainable Finance Action Council last week. On June 11, representatives of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Canada Pension […]

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OTPP invests in data centre company, financial advisory firm, Caisse encourages diversity with new fund

mschmit — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 04:32:22 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a new US$360 million equity investment in a Singapore-based data centre developer, operator and investor. Founded in 2017, Princeton Digital Group has a current portfolio of 18 centres across China, India, Indonesia and Singapore. Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC is also participating in the investment. “We’re […]

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