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CPPIB refinances packaging company, invests in reinsurance provider alongside OMERS; AIMCo invests in Asian PE fund

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:00:51 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is recapitalizing an expanding packaging business. The institutional investor has signed an agreement with the U.S.-based Berlin Packaging, a supplier of glass, plastic and metal containers with annual revenues of about US$2.5 billion. Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, which has been an investor in the packaging supplier […]

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Top 2021 Money Managers Report: What questions should pension plan sponsors ask in 2022?

bwolfe — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:53:15 +0000

In the early days of 2020, no one could have foreseen the social and economic havoc the coronavirus pandemic would wreak on the world. Nearly two years later, as markets and economies continue to recover, Canadian pension plan sponsors are looking to their money managers to help light the way to a brighter financial future. […]

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2021 GIC coverage: How institutional investors’ losses in stock market crashes can fuel growth

bwolfe — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:54:33 +0000

As much as institutional investors fear stock market bubbles, they have an important role to play. The flooding of capital into new technologies and innovations leading up to a bubble’s bursting fuels innovation — an area that most corporations do not invest enough in, said Randall Morck, a finance professor at the University of Alberta, […]

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2021 GIC coverage: A look at the Teachers’ Retirement Allowance Fund’s pandemic balancing act

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:50:30 +0000

As places of economic activity, flood plains have their advantages — just ask the ancient Mesopotamians or the staff of the Winnipeg-based Teachers’ Retirement Allowance Fund. “Those of you who have been to our offices will know we’re right at the intersection of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. We are right in the flood plain […]

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Caisse invests in fund for tech companies, IMCO finalizes buyout of U.K. energy company

Gideon Scanlon — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:15 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in a fund focused on supporting innovative technology companies. The New York-based White Star Capital, a multi-stage global technology investment platform, raised $360 million from investors during an investment round for its most recent flagship fund. The platform, which projected securing $300 million from investors, […]

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Ontario Teachers’ bets on cryptocurrency exchange, Caisse invests in French transportation provider

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:00:54 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is putting its investment dollars and its Teachers’ Innovation Platform to use for a cryptocurrency exchange. During a funding round hosted on the Ontario Teachers’ TIP, FTX Trading Ltd. received just over $420 million from investors, driving up the company’s valuation to $25 billion. The Ontario Teachers’ were among 69 […]

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Institutional investors emphasizing ESG factors amid pandemic, finds survey

bwolfe — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:00:42 +0000

While 72 per cent of institutional investors are currently integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment strategies, 29 per cent are placing greater emphasis on ESG considerations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by RBC Global Asset Management. The survey, which polled 800 global institutional investors, found […]

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Canadian DB pension plan returns dip, balance sheets stable in September: report

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:00:25 +0000

The typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan deteriorated on a solvency basis but improved on an accountancy basis in September, according to a new report by LifeWorks Inc. Its monthly report on DB pension indices found the average plan saw its solvency index dip from 109.4 per cent at the end of August to 108.8 […]

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Do large public pension funds need more third-party investment reviews?

bwolfe — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:56:33 +0000

When the coronavirus pandemic shook up the investment landscape last spring, Canadian pension funds were also jostled by the shock wave, with the Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System among the hardest hit. And while the pandemic was an unprecedented event, such losses have raised the issue of whether Canadian pension […]

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Pensions in position to off load risks: expert

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:00:02 +0000

“Plans are, for the first time in a long time, in a position to off-load risk,” says Murray Wright, one of the contributors to LifeWorks Inc.’s monthly report on Canadian pensions. According to Wright, the principal of retirement and financial solutions at LifeWorks, pension chief financial officers are paying particular attention to one number found […]

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