The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and Australian institutional funds manager IFM Investors are entering into an agreement with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to become equity partners in a Vancouver-based container terminal operator. Ontario Teachers’ will continue to hold 37.5 per cent of GCT Global Container Terminals Inc., with IFM acquiring 37.5 per cent and […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System are expressing their support for the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s proposal for a transaction fee pilot. In a letter to the SEC indicating their support, along with the support of several other Canadian and U.S. public plans, the funds argued that technical advancements and regulatory changes […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Dale Burgess as senior managing director of infrastructure and natural resources. Burgess has been serving as interim head of infrastructure and natural resources since February and will assume the permanent role immediately. Read: Ontario Teachers’ appoints new Asia-Pacific regional investment head In the new role, Burgess will oversee the […]
Investments from pension funds accounted for 25 per cent of Canadian investment in the Asia-Pacific region between 2013 and 2017. Their share was up from just one per cent between 2003 and 2007, according to a new report. The report, released by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, found that between 2003 and 2017, Canadian […]
As Ontarians prepare for the upcoming provincial election campaign, the province’s auditor general is raising the stakes in her dispute with the government about its accounting treatment of two of its biggest public pension plans. On Wednesday, auditor general Bonnie Lysyk released her report into the government’s budget projections ahead of the June election. In […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is part of an investor group that has reached an agreement to recapitalize Toronto-based environmental services company GFL Environmental Holdings Inc. In an effort led by private equity firm BC Partners LLP, the transaction implies a total GFL value of about $5.1 billion. The company is a North American provider of diversified environmental services, […]
Partnership with Glencore will focus on base metals streams and royalties.
Pension fund halves its exposure.
Teachers' CEO on how they can help.
Canada has a long list of laggards.