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City of Montreal navigating volatility driven by global equities

bmcgovern — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:54:36 +0000

As institutional investors’ results expectations continue to expand at a rampant speed, Errico Cocchi doesn’t want to get lost in overcomplicated investment trends. “At the end of the day you want to buy something that’s going to grow, that’s well managed and that has a good valuation,” says Cocchi, head of pension investments and debt […]

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Caisse investing in U.S.-based utilities firm, BCI backing acquisition of India-based communications infrastructure provider

bmcgovern — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:00:21 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is buying a 30 per cent indirect stake in the Ohio subsidiary of energy firm AES Corp. for nearly US$546 million. This is the Caisse’s second investment in the utilities company, after first investing in AES Indiana. The investment doesn’t grant the Caisse with a change in […]

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AIMCo returns 5.4% in first half of 2024, driven by public equities

bmcgovern — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:00:34 +0000

The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a net return of 5.4 per cent for the first half of 2024. During the six-month period ending June 30, 2024, the AIMCo’s total assets under management were $168.9 billion. The investment organization’s balanced fund — a composite of client accounts that invest in money market and fixed income, […]

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AIMCo returns 6.9% in 2023, driven by equities, fixed income

bmcgovern — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:00:11 +0000

The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s total fund generated a net return of 6.9 per cent in 2023, 1.8 percentage points below its 8.7 per cent benchmark. As of Dec. 31, 2023, the AIMCo’s total assets under management were $160.6 billion, compared to $158 billion in 2022. Its balanced fund generated a net return of eight per […]

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AIMCo reporting 4.5% return in first half of 2023, lifted by global equities

bmcgovern — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:30:29 +0000

The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a net return of 4.5 per cent for the six-month period ending June 30, 2023. At the halfway point of the year, the AIMCo reported $6.1 billion in net investment income with a 5.2 per cent net investment return for its balanced fund, according to a press release. Read: How AIMCo, […]

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How will China play into Canadian pension portfolios as exposure inches higher?

mschmit — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 04:55:07 +0000

The rallying cry that China is simply too significant a part of the world’s economy to leave out of a well-diversified portfolio is about to be last year’s cliché. For the moment, the country remains the second largest economic engine in the world, but its stunning growth in just the past few years has investors […]

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