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CAAT posts 11.1% return for 2020

bwolfe — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:00:59 +0000

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan is reporting an 11.1 per cent return for 2020, exceeding its policy benchmark by 0.4 per cent. The return brings the annualized 10-year net return to 9.9 per cent, providing $1.7 billion in cumulative added value compared to the benchmark, while funding reserves increased to $3.3 […]

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Ontario Teachers’ reporting 8.6% net return for 2020

bwolfe — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:00:28 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is reporting a total-fund net return of 8.6 per cent for 2020, a year which has generated mixed financial results for Canada’s major pensions due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The pension plan earned $18 billion in investment income in 2020 and its net assets reached $221.2 billion as at Dec. 31, 2020, […]

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One year later: The AIMCo, CAAT and OPTrust on lessons learned during the pandemic

bwolfe — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:53 +0000

Despite adjustments to operations and investments during the coronavirus pandemic, Canada’s major pension plan leaders are maintaining a long-term view by looking ahead to a post-pandemic world. But we’re not out of the woods yet as Canada, and the rest of the world, are likely many months away from reaching herd immunity and thus life […]

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CAAT sees funded status rise slightly, lowers discount rate

alessandrob — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:29 +0000

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s pension plan is currently 119-per cent funded on a going-concern basis with a funding reserve of $3.3 billion, based on its latest actuarial valuation as of Jan. 1, 2021. That’s up from 2019, when the pension plan was 118-per cent funded on a going-concern basis with a $2.9 […]

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Interest in DBplus and OPTrust Select remains amid coronavirus crisis

mschmit — Tue, 05 May 2020 04:59:00 +0000

The coronavirus crisis is putting new stresses on businesses as they grapple with cash flow and business continuity, but even amid such uncertainty, some employers are still looking to join defined benefit plans. The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan is continuing to see interest in its DBplus offering, with the coronavirus crisis […]

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Are liquid alternative ETFs the next frontier for institutional investors?

mschmit — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:58:48 +0000

New research from Greenwich Associates has found that institutional players have allocated US$47 billion to liquid alternative exchange traded funds, comprising a fair chunk of their allocation to liquid alternatives overall, which comes to US$882 billion. That said, only about one in 10 institutions have experience investing in liquid alternative ETFs. “However, about the same […]

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CAAT pension plan holds steady with 2018 return of 0.5%

mschmit — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:51:50 +0000

After a year of turbulent markets, the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has released its 2018 annual report, noting assets held steady compared to 2017 at about $10.8 billion, with a slight return of 0.5 per cent net of fees in 2018. This is down from 2017’s investment return of 15.8 per […]

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CAAT funding status reaches 120%

mschmit — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:16:32 +0000

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has reached a going-concern funding status of 120 per cent as of Jan. 1, 2019, up from 118 per cent last year. Along with the increased funded status, the plan’s funding reserve rose from $2.3 billion to $2.6 billion. The CAAT’s funding policy includes six funding […]

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Postmedia signs agreement to merge pension plans with CAAT

mschmit — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:49:21 +0000

Postmedia Network Inc. has entered an agreement to merge its pension plans with the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan. The merger of the Postmedia plans will be effective July 1, 2019, subject to approvals by the CAAT’s board of trustees and sponsors’ committee, as well as approval from Postmedia’s plan members and the Financial Services […]

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Pensions at Risk

mschmit — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:20:44 +0000

CEO panel reveals that, for plan sponsors, the risks go beyond conventional financial factors

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