For the fourth year in a row, five Canadian pension funds are among the most transparent in the world, according to the global pension transparency benchmark, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and CEM Benchmarking Inc. The benchmark, launched in 2021, measures the transparency of disclosures of 15 pension systems across measurements such as cost, governance, performance […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing roughly US$515 million to acquire a 24.5 per cent stake in video games service provider Keywords Studios. The acquisition of the Ireland-based firm is being completed alongside EQT AB and Temasek Holdings Ltd. In a press release, Caitlin Gubbels, senior managing director and head of private equity […]
Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of Canadians say they’re afraid of running out of money in retirement, according to a new survey by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The survey, which polled more than 4,700 Canadian adults, found more than two-thirds (67 per cent) of employees aged 28 to 44 are afraid they’ll run […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing £500 million in a new U.K.-based single-family rental housing joint venture. The initial allocation will give the investment organization a 90 per cent stake in the venture, while its partner, global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson Holdings Inc., will hold a 10 per cent ownership stake […]
For institutional investors looking to add some glitz to their portfolio, digital infrastructure may not be the right asset class. Benn Mikula and his colleagues at Cordiant Capital Inc. have a nickname for the group of assets — which includes communications towers, data centres and fibre optics — typically featured in a digital infrastructure portfolio. […]
An article on the Ontario government’s review of preferred pharmacy networks was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Ontario reviewing impact of preferred pharmacy networks on plan members’ costs, accessibility 2. Canadian employers focusing on workers’ emotional well-being in […]
U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves met with some of Canada’s biggest public sector pension plans this month, as the country looks to reform its public pension system, according to a report by the Financial Times. Reeves is pursuing the creation of a pension model that would allow the U.K.’s local government pension scheme — worth about […]
An article on how the concept of merit, excellence and intelligence can thwart employers’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Concept of ‘MEI’ taking away from employers’ DEI efforts: expert 2. Employers […]
Four of Canada’s largest pension funds have been ranked among the top 10 global pension funds for demonstrating best practices in governance, sustainability and resilience, according to a new report by data platform Global SWF. The assessment tool, which reviews the practices and efforts of state-owned sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds, gave the […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is appointing Caitlin Gubbels as senior managing director and global head of private equity. In this role, she’ll lead the investment organization’s teams dedicated to direct private equity, Asian private equity and private equity funds and secondaries. Gubbels joined the CPPIB in 2010 and was most recently its head […]