Plan set to weather market correction and considers boosting benefits
I recently sat down with Jim Keohane, president and chief executive officer of the $63.9-billion Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan to ask him five questions about how pension funds are investing and the risks he sees evolving in the marketplace. The questions were: Is real estate a good substitute for fixed income for pension funds? […]
What are the big risks in the market? And how could the Dodd-Frank rollback help pension funds?
Canada has a long list of laggards.
LDI keeps HOOPP's funded status in positive territory.
Amid slow global growth, chronically low interest rates and declining commodity prices, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) saw its return for 2015 slide to 5.12%, down from 17.7% in 2014. Despite this decline, its funded status has strengthened. The plan’s 10-year return was 9.32%, down from 10.27% in 2014. Read: HOOPP assets jump […]
CEO panel reveals that, for plan sponsors, the risks go beyond conventional financial factors
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan reported its strongest return in decades, ending 2014 up 17.71%, with net assets topping $60.8 billion and a funded status of 115% up from 114%.
Strong funded status means benefit improvements.
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and Ivanhoé Cambridge have struck a deal allowing HOOPP to acquire Ivanhoé Cambridge's remaining 50% interest in two Ontario shopping centres for about C$240 million.