British Columbia Investment Management Corp. – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 BCI updates code of ethics, personal conduct to address DEI-related issues https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/bci-updates-code-of-ethics-personal-conduct-to-address-dei-related-issues/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:00:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=112127 The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is updating its code of ethics and personal conduct to include a section outlining its expectations from employees around diversity, equity and inclusion-related issues. Following a review of the 2018 version of the code earlier this year, the BCI’s board put forward recommendations and a new version was published […]

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]]> Caisse real estate arm partnering on industrial platform, OMERS selling minority interest in U.S. wind farms https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/caisse-real-estate-arm-partnering-on-industrial-platform-investing-in-geosynthetics-manufacturer/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:00:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=98614 Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec, has partnered with U.S. firm GID to create an investment platform targeting industrial assets.  GID Industrial’s primary focus will be on acquiring, developing and managing infill industrial product in growing markets across the U.S., with an emphasis on locations close […]

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]]> Learn more about the Sustainable Investing Award finalists https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/learn-more-about-the-sustainable-investing-award-finalists/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:23:19 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/learn-more-about-the-sustainable-investing-award-finalists/ The Canadian Investment Review’s Sustainable Investing Award will be presented to a pension plan that has shown leadership and/or significant progress when it comes to incorporating sustainability into the investment process. This will consider sound practices related to environmental, social and governance matters across asset classes and can include considerations related to people management within […]

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]]> BCI and partners’ real estate fund completes $805 million closing, PSP invests in insurance-linked strategy https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/bci-and-partners-real-estate-fund-completes-805-million-closing-psp-invests-in-insurance-linked-strategy/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 05:10:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bci-and-partners-real-estate-fund-completes-805-million-closing-psp-invests-in-insurance-linked-strategy/ A real estate fund created by the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., QuadReal Property Group and RBC Global Asset Management Inc. is receiving $805 million in equity commitments from Canadian institutional and individual investors. The second round, which closed on Oct. 30, 2020, exceeded subscription targets and comes on the heels of the initial closing […]

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]]> Pension Leadership Award finalists announced https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/pension-leadership-award-finalists-announced/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:13:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-leadership-award-finalists-announced/ The Canadian Investment Review launched the first annual Pension Leadership Awards in 2020 to recognize and award leading plan sponsors across several categories who are on the leading edge of pension investments. Over the past few months, a panel of expert judges has reviewed the nominations. We are pleased to announce the finalists for this […]

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]]> BCI highlights ESG successes in 2019 report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/bci-touts-esg-successes-in-2019-report/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:34:09 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bci-touts-esg-successes-in-2019-report/ The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is touting its 2019 environmental, social and governance successes in its annual ESG report. Some highlights from the year include that it finalized the introduction of a new corporate-wide ESG strategy including priorities and procedures for ESG reviews across all asset classes. As part of the strategy, the BCI’s […]

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]]> BCI immune from taxation, but still might have to pay GST: Court https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/bci-immune-from-taxation-but-still-might-have-to-pay-gst-court/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 04:45:03 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bci-immune-from-taxation-but-still-might-have-to-pay-gst-court/ The B.C. agency responsible for managing public-sector pension plan investments is constitutionally immune from remitting goods-and-services taxes related to those portfolios, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. However, the top court ruled Friday the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, a Crown agency, still might be on the hook for GST payments to the federal […]

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