The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is providing more than $481 million of seed lending to Australian-based Challenger Investment Partners Ltd., a global fixed income and real…
With the growth of investment strategies focusing on socially responsible investing, there are many angles for institutional investors to consider. A new report by Cambridge Associates indicated investors…
Some of the world’s major indexes are bringing Saudi Arabia’s public equities into the mix, a move that could alter the landscape for emerging market investments.…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is expanding its partnership with Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. to launch a new investment co-operation focused on rental housing programs in…
The Bank of Canada is set to announce a decision on the target for its overnight rate on Wednesday. Widely expected to be a 25…
TD Bank Group is acquiring Greystone Capital Management Inc., the parent company of Greystone Managed Investments Inc., for $792 million. The agreement, which is subject to…
Globally, sovereign investors have enjoyed the hefty returns stemming from almost a decade of charging equity markets, but they’re set to make major moves into…
Don’t expect most assets to blow the doors off in the later half of the year, according to the latest investment outlook from GLC Asset…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans posted a higher median solvency ratio at the end of the second quarter of 2018 in comparison to earlier in…
Canada’s defined benefit pension plans saw continued improvements in their solvency positions during the second quarter of 2018, according to Mercer’s latest pension health index.…
The Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Plan achieved a return of 5.5 per cent, net of fees, for its 2017/18 fiscal year, according to its…
In the wake of the tragic shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., earlier this year that left 17 dead and sparked a renewed…
Vestcor Investment Management Corp. posted an eight per cent return on total assets under active management in 2017, up from 6.2 cent the year before.…
At the end of its 2018 fiscal year, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board posted a net return of 9.8 per cent, representing $13.5 billion…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is issuing green bonds with an aim to boost its holdings in renewable energy and efficient buildings. Over the past…
Lower bond yields and mixed markets drove down the median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit plans in May, according to Aon’s monthly survey. On June 1,…
Institutional investors are keeping an eye on the political instability in Italy as premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli prepares to present his ministerial picks and the market opened down…
Global institutional investors’ assets under management rose 7.3 per cent in 2017 to US$36.2 trillion, the largest increase in five years, according to the Official Monetary and…
With annuities largely comprised of fixed-income investments, can the sponsors of pension plans gain an advantage by replicating such a portfolio on their own with…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board posted a net annual return of 11.6 per cent as the end of its fiscal year on March 31,…
The funded status of the Segal Group Inc.’s model multi-employer pension plan dipped to 98 per cent during the first quarter of 2018, down from…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans held steady in positive territory in the first quarter of 2018 with returns of 0.2 per cent, according to RBC Investor and…
Despite significant improvements recently to pension plan solvency levels, the start of 2018 has been a challenging one for institutional investors. Shifting monetary policies have…
In spite of volatile public equity markets, the median solvency ratio for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans was slightly higher at 95 per cent for the…
For the first quarter of 2018, diversified pooled fund managers saw a median return of minus 0.7 per cent before management fees, according to new data…