energy – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 CPPIB invests $1.2BN in energy operator, considers €300M sale of debt portfolio in Spain https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/cppib-invests-1-2bn-in-energy-operator-considers-e300m-sale-of-debt-portfolio-in-spain/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:00:46 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=159230 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing approximately $1.2 billion in energy infrastructure firm Tallgrass Energy. The Denver-based company manages more than 10,000 miles of pipeline assets across 14 U.S. states and is also engaged in initiatives aligned with energy transition efforts. Read: Caisse invests $200 million in Quebec-based apparel firm, CPPIB buys energy […]

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]]> CPPIB investing €550M in European digital solutions provider, Caisse buying Brazilian power transmission platform https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/cppib-investing-e550m-in-european-digital-solutions-provider-caisse-buying-brazilian-power-transmission-platform/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:00:07 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=157990 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing €550 million in Europe-based team.blue to acquire a 20 per cent interest in the firm. The total transaction gives team.blue a valuation of €4.8 billion. The digital solutions provider serves 3.3 million small- and medium-sized businesses across 22 countries. In a press release, Hafiz Lalani, managing director […]

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]]> Independent Electricity System Operator using diversification to beat volatility https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/independent-electricity-system-operator-using-diversification-to-beat-volatility/ Fri, 10 May 2024 12:55:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=155229 The Independent Electricity System Operator’s pension plan is in the midst of a comeback from a period of heightened post-coronavirus pandemic volatility, with diversification as the key to its investment roadmap, says Jeannette Briggs, the organization’s director of corporate finance who served as chair of its pension management committee from 2021 to 2023. After conducting […]

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]]> CPPIB returns 3.4% in Q3 2024, driven by global equity, fixed income assets https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/cppib-returns-3-4-in-q3-2024-thanks-to-global-equity-fixed-income-assets/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:00:27 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=152092 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board earned 3.4 per cent during the third quarter of fiscal 2024, according to its latest quarterly report. By Dec. 31, 2023, the investment organization’s net assets were $590.8 billion, compared to $576 billion at the end of the previous quarter. The $14.6 billion increase in net assets consisted of […]

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]]> Three Canadian pension funds’ investments among the biggest mergers, acquisitions deals in Q4 2023: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/three-canadian-pension-funds-investments-among-the-biggest-mergers-acquisitions-deals-in-q4-2023-report/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:00:29 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151213 A joint venture that saw the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Blackstone Inc. acquire a 20 per cent stake in a senior mortgage loan portfolio from the failed Signature Bank for US$1.2 billion was the biggest mergers and acquisitions transaction in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a report by S&P Global Market Intelligence. […]

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]]> Institutional investors increasing allocations to private assets over next 3 years: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/institutional-investors-increasing-allocations-to-private-assets-over-next-3-years-survey/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:00:21 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151173 Two-fifths (40 per cent) of institutional investors say they plan to increase allocations to private debt investments over the next three years, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The survey, which polled more than 100 large U.S. and Canadian institutional investors with US$500 million to $50 billion in assets under management, found roughly […]

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]]> Curbing inflation may take up to 18 months: expert https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/curbing-inflation-may-take-up-to-18-months-expert/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=128679 It may take up to 18 months for central banks policies to curb inflation to around two per cent on an annual basis, says Julianna Spiropoulos, partner and head of investment strategy, investment and risk at LifeWorks Inc. “Around the world, there’s concern about persistent inflation. . . . Central banks need to get inflation […]

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]]> CPPIB investing in oilfield drilling company, Caisse in SAP firm https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/cppib-investing-in-oilfield-drilling-company-caisse-in-sap-firm/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105797 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing about $12.825 million in common shares of a Calgary-based oil and gas infrastructure service provider. The pension plan purchased common shares in CWC Energy Services Corp. from a third-party investment fund that represents about 17 per cent of total equity. The transaction comes as the CPPIB faces scrutiny […]

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]]> Opportunities for institutional investors from the energy transition https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-from-the-energy-transition/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-from-the-energy-transition/#respond Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:52:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-from-the-energy-transition/ Along with big risks comes the need for solutions and companies that provide those solutions, said Edward Lees, co-lead and portfolio manager at BNP Paribas Asset Management, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. Although in the current environment the coronavirus has been top of mind, climate issues have not […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-from-the-energy-transition/feed/ 0 Federal spending could be catalyst for industrials https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/federal-spending-could-be-catalyst-for-industrials/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/federal-spending-could-be-catalyst-for-industrials/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2020 03:12:57 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/federal-spending-could-be-catalyst-for-industrials/ The potential size and scope of future federal spending bills to bolster the economy, especially an infrastructure measure, would have important implications for the industrials sector. After passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, President Donald Trump issued an infrastructure agenda that never resulted in legislation. Should he win re-election, Trump could push for a […]

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