Keyword: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling its stake in a scandal-ridden French home care company for €26.1 million — 6.18 per cent of the value of the initial investment. The move follows a restructuring agreement that provides Orpea Groupe’s bondholders with control of the majority of its equity. As part of the terms, other […]

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  • March 21, 2023 March 21, 2023
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The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is reinvesting in a U.K.-based online mental health-care company. The OMERS participated in a funding round that raised £20 million (about $33 million) for HelloSelf, which connects patients with psychologists and therapists through an online platform. In 2021, the OMERS invested £5.5 million (about $9.1 million) and served as […]

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  • March 16, 2023 March 16, 2023
  • 12:30
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The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is reporting a total fund net return of four per cent for 2022, driven by strong returns from private equity and inflation-sensitive asset classes. The pension fund exceeded its benchmark of 2.3 per cent, according to a press release announcing its annual results. Its inflation-sensitive asset portfolio — including commodities […]

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  • March 15, 2023 March 14, 2023
  • 09:00

Just 34 per cent of Canadian employers had boards with female representation of 40 per cent or more as of October 2022, according to a new report by MSCI Inc. The report, which analyzed more than 2,800 employers in 18 countries across the Americas and Europe, found more than a third (38 per cent) reported […]

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  • March 8, 2023 March 7, 2023
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The venture capital arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan anticipates that a slowing global economy, interest rate hikes and limited funding opportunities will drive private equity valuations down by as much as 10 per cent in 2023, according to a new report. “So far, 2023 looks set to be another challenging year: the global […]

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  • March 7, 2023 March 7, 2023
  • 12:45

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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  • March 2, 2023 March 2, 2023
  • 12:00
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A private member’s bill prohibiting the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from making certain investments survived its first reading in the House of Commons. Bill C-315, submitted by New Democratic Party member Alistair MacGregor, would amend the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act by prohibiting investments in any entity if there are reasons to believe […]

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  • February 27, 2023 February 27, 2023
  • 15:00

Amid the unprecedented events of the last three years, the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has remained on course with its investment strategies, according to Asif Haque, the plan’s chief investment officer. “We held our focus on the key goal of the CAAT’s investment program. . . . The plan’s diversified asset […]

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is partnering with an asset manager to provide a credit facility to an electric vehicle subscription service. Through its partnership with Pollen Street, an alternative asset management firm, the investment organization has established a $153-million line of credit for Onto, a U.K.-based company that provides its subscribers […]

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  • January 26, 2023 January 26, 2023
  • 12:00
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The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is setting higher expectations for increased participation of women in board roles at large-cap companies in 2023. The pension fund’s proxy voting guidelines advocate for large-cap companies on developed market indices to increase the number of women directors on their boards to a minimum of 40 per cent, up from […]

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  • January 24, 2023 January 24, 2023
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