The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System improved its net investment return to 10.3 per cent at the end of 2016 compared to 6.7 per cent at the end of 2015, citing a strong performance from its public investments. The pension fund increased its net assets to $85.2 billion in 2016 from $77.1 billion in 2015, […]
As it continues to build an ‘all-terrain’ portfolio, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a return of 7.6 per cent in 2016. This is down from 9.1 per cent in 2015 and 12 per cent in 2014. “The world right now has a lot of risk, geopolitically, in particular, and so we will […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing in Calgary-based energy company Perpetual Energy Inc. by agreeing to a $45 million debt-with-warrants financing. Under the agreement, AIMCo will purchase units of the company for $1.75 per unit totalling approximately $4.5 million. Each unit will consist of one common share and 0.21 of a common-share purchase warrant […]
There will be clear winners and losers if U.S. President Donald Trump continues with plans to reform trade and financial regulations this year, according to a panel of portfolio managers from Foyston Gordon and Payne Inc. who spoke at a client event in Toronto yesterday. Trump’s intention to adjust border taxes for countries exporting products […]
The Canada Pension Plan fund’s net assets decreased to $298.1 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016, compared to $300.5 billion at the end of the previous quarter, according to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The $2.4 billion decrease in assets for the quarter consisted of $1.7 billion in net investment income and […]
Canadian defined benefit pension plans closed out 2016 with an annual return of 6.8 per cent, up from 5.4 per cent in 2015, according to a new report by RBC Investor and Treasury Services. “Against a challenging economic and market backdrop at the outset of 2016, Canadian pension plans generated an impressive overall performance, with […]
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