Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has appointed Matthew Streeter as vice-president of defined contribution and retirement. With 16 years of investment management and banking experience, Streeter joins the company’s institutional team in Toronto. Previously, he worked as a senior capital markets strategist at FinancialCAD Corp. He has also held development and consultant roles at the Bank of […]
The Alberta Pensions Services Corp. will have a new leader this month when Darwin Bozek takes on the role of president and chief executive officer. Bozek, who joins the organization on Aug. 21, is currently a senior assistant deputy minister at Alberta Treasury Board and Finance. Previous roles include serving as Alberta’s controller from 2012-16 […]
Russell Investments Canada Ltd. has appointed Andrew Kitchen as managing director, institutional Canada. In the new role, Kitchen will bring the firm’s multi-asset investment outsourcing solutions, implementation services and strategic advice to Canadian institutional investors. He will also provide strategic direction on best practices in governance, implementation and investment options to the firm’s clients. Read: […]
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s chief investment officer has left the organization to pursue other career opportunities. The move by Daniel Garant comes less than one month after the pension fund reported a 12.8 per cent return for its 2017 fiscal period, a significant increase from the previous year when it earned a one […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s head of corporate governance has been appointed to the board of the International Corporate Governance Network. Paul Schneider has led the corporate governance function at Ontario Teachers’ since 2010. Prior to that role, Schneider was director of research at the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, joining the organization in 2003. […]
The government has appointed Janice Fukakusa as the inaugural chair of the board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Fukakusa is a corporate director and former chief administrative officer and chief financial officer of Royal Bank of Canada, from which she retired in January 2017. She currently serves on the boards of a number of corporate […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has made a number of senior executive changes and appointments. Neil Beaumont will join the pension fund as senior managing director and chief financial and risk officer, effective July 24. He has worked at BHP Billiton Ltd. since 2011, most recently as a vice-president. Beaumont will replace Benita Warmbold, who […]
Stephen Frank is the new president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. Frank, who until recently was the association’s senior vice-president of policy, replaces Frank Swedlove in the role. Frank joined the organization in 2010 after working in the banking sector. As for Swedlove, he has retired after 10 […]
Ontario has announced the board of directors for the new financial services regulator it announced in last year’s fiscal update. Bryan Davies, Kathryn Bouey and Judith Robertson will supervise the Financial Services Regulatory Authority and develop a detailed transition plan for it to eventually replace the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Davies will act as chair of […]
Calvin Jordan is joining Mercer as a partner and senior investment consultant following his recent retirement as chief executive officer of the Nova Scotia Health Employees’ Pension Plan. Based at the Vancouver office, Jordan will work as a senior investment consultant at Mercer. He returns to the firm following a previous 12-year stint before taking the role at […]