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IMCO returns -8.1% for 2022, buoyed by private assets

Jennifer Paterson — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:00:47 +0000

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is reporting that the weighted average net return of its clients’ portfolios was negative 8.1 per cent for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022, which narrowly beat its consolidated benchmark return of negative 8.4 per cent. Over the three years since assets have been managed according to the IMCO’s strategies, the annualized return […]

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How has coronavirus impacted private equity markets?

mschmit — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:14:13 +0000

The private equity market was on a hot streak coming into 2020 and despite the economic wreckage caused by the coronavirus, fundraising has generally held up, said Jamie Becker, counsel for private equity and pension fund investments at Torys LLP, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2020 Global Investment Conference in September. “There was […]

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A look at the practical challenges of meeting target allocations in private markets

mschmit — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:26:50 +0000

When it comes to private markets, implementing target allocations is easier said than done. At the Canadian Investment Review’s Plan Sponsor Exchange conference in February, a panel featuring Julie Cays, chief investment officer at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan; Sean Hewitt, chief executive officer at the Toronto Transit Commission Pension Fund […]

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Co-investments generally outperform single-sponsor private equity funds: research

mschmit — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:19:34 +0000

When it comes to private equity investments, there’s a business case for multi-manager co-investment funds versus single-manager primary funds, according to research by Capital Dynamics. The global asset management firm published a research paper using Preqin data to compare how actual co-investment funds compare to single sponsor private equity funds of the same vintage. It […]

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Local lessons: a Texas plan’s outlook on investments

mschmit — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:51:01 +0000

In a market environment where finding returns is tough, the Employees Retirement System of Texas turned to emerging markets and alternatives to provide the pension promise, said Sharmila Kassam, deputy chief investment officer at the Employees Retirement System of Texas. The Employees Retirement System of Texas is a state pension plan that serves more than […]

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