Canadian pension plans’ love affair with foreign ports, particularly those in Australia but extending also to the United Kingdom and the Persian Gulf region, shows no signs of abating, with only an overheated market and a potential shortage of supply standing as roadblocks on the horizon. But with Canada’s federal government looking for pension funds […]
The infrastructure investment manager of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has joined a consortium that’s investing in Britain’s largest water company. OMERS’ Borealis Infrastructure and Wren House Infrastructure Management Ltd., the infrastructure investing arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority, will be acquiring a 26 per cent stake in Kemble Water Holdings Ltd. from Macquarie Infrastructure […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced a new partnership with a U.S.-based developer of clean-energy transmission projects. The partnership with Wakefield, Mass.-based Anbaric will create a new development company, Anbaric Development Partners, with the aim of refreshing aging transmission networks in North America through clean-energy infrastructure projects. While the Anbaric management team will lead the […]
Investors have long had a fascination with emerging markets and their prospect for higher growth rates, leading to a variety of investments in everything from bonds and equities, both public and private, to real estate, infrastructure and agriculture. Emerging market equities haven’t delivered on their expected promise, underperforming developed markets in the five-year period ending December 2016. […]
Low returns, volatility also pushing investors into domestic fixed income, cash
Teachers' CEO on how they can help.
Government identifies pensions as "innovative sources of funding."
Interactive session asks whether pension funds should fund the infrastructure gap.
What are real assets for when it comes to portfolio construction?
The change of government in Ottawa from blue to red brings with it new opportunities for investors, especially in the infrastructure construction sector, investment experts say. The Liberals campaigned on a promise to run deficits to help fund billions in infrastructure spending and that could mean good news for the companies that build those projects. […]