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BCI promotes Jennifer Coulson to global head of ESG, Ontario Teachers’ appoints Jeppe Gregersen as global head of private credit

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:00:11 +0000

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is appointing Jennifer Coulson as its first global head of environmental, social and governance. In the new position, she’ll oversee all of the investment organization’s ESG strategies and programs at the total portfolio level. She’ll also be tasked with improving the BCI’s approach and leading its work supporting the […]

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Canadian institutional investors more likely to integrate ESG than global peers: survey

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:30:49 +0000

Canadian institutional investors are more likely (58 per cent) than their global peers (50 per cent) to view making a positive impact on society and the planet as the main reason to focus on sustainable investment outcomes, according to a new survey by Schroders. The survey, which polled 770 institutional investors around the globe, found the vast […]

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CPPIB promising to make portfolio net zero by 2050

mdunne — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:00:45 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is committing to making its portfolio net zero by 2050, but says it won’t be making any blanket divestments. The organization said Thursday it plans to achieve the goal while continuing to invest in the whole economy and will push for an economic transition to a lower carbon economy as an […]

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Bruce Power using asset-liability studies, rebalancing to protect pension fund

Gideon Scanlon — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:53:48 +0000

As a nuclear power provider, Bruce Power’s culture emphasizes the importance of risk-averseness. This is reflected in the company’s efforts to secure the indexed benefits offered to its 6,500 defined benefit pension plan members. “We have many, many checks and balances in place — not just on the operational side, but also when it comes […]

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2021 IIC coverage: Maximizing the certainty of an outcome — it isn’t just death and taxes

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:57:02 +0000

With many defined benefit pension plan solvency ratios at all-time highs, plan sponsors have an excellent opportunity to rethink their approach to investing, according to Shivin Kwatra, head of liability-driven investing portfolio management at Insight Investments. “It is important to highlight two approaches to investing: one [is] traditional — a mean variance framework of maximizing […]

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Caisse launches services for mid-sized companies, CPPIB introduces carbon credit program

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:00:43 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is launching a suite of financing solutions and support services designed to appeal to Quebec’s mid-market companies. Ambition ME is designed to support high-growth potential companies requiring between $5 million and $75 million financing in order to take them to their next stage of growth. The Caisse […]

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How CN Rail pension, ATRF tackled liquidity as markets crashed

mschmit — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 08:06:35 +0000

When the coronavirus pushed equity markets off a cliff, Canadian defined benefit pension plans had to mobilize to address a number of concerns. The Canadian National Railway Co. pension recently shifted towards a more defensive investment strategy, said Marlene Puffer, president and chief executive officer for the CN investment division of the company, at a […]

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