Plan aims to prepare OPTrust for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy
The OPSEU Pension Trust is among investors helping Yaletown Partners move towards its goal of $200 million for its innovation growth fund. Having reached more than $100 million, the emerging growth investment fund focuses on operations that are beyond the startup phase and scaling up to expand to multiple countries. The fund intends to invest in […]
April has been a busy month for the world of defined benefit pension plans. In recent weeks, both the OPSEU Pension Trust and the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan have announced plans to offer new defined benefit options to other employers. OPTrust is further along in its journey, since its new offering, called […]
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 […]
'Select' will target employers that currently don’t have a DB plan.
The OPSEU Pension Trust is launching a new defined benefit plan for employers in the broader public sector, charitable and not-for-profit industries. OPTrust Select will target employers that currently don’t have a defined benefit plan but may provide a capital accumulation program. With employers and employees contributing three per cent each, the plan will provide for an annual […]
CIO James Davis on how his pension fund has changed.
Solid 9.5% return in 2017 lead by public, private equities performance
The OPSEU Pension Trust posted a 9.5 per cent return for 2017, an increase on its six per cent return in 2016 and its eight per cent return in 2015. “We were strong across all the asset classes,” says Hugh O’Reilly, president and chief executive officer of OPTrust, noting the fund saw a 22.9 per cent return in public equities […]
Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference