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Expert panel: Inflation risk — to hedge or not to hedge?

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:30:10 +0000

With October inflation hitting an 18-year high, inflation risk is back on the radar of plan sponsors providing inflation-linked defined benefit pensions. In the past, it’s been challenging to hedge inflation risk. Fortunately, more efficient solutions have emerged over the last several years. What is inflation risk? For a plan that provides inflation-linked benefits, inflation […]

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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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AIMCo focusing on all three legs of ESG stool: report

mdunne — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:00:27 +0000

The Alberta Management Investment Co. is focusing on all three legs of the environmental, social and governance stool this year and beyond. The government-owned pension investment manager is addressing a range of ESG issues, from integrating climate risk to building a more diverse workforce to advancing its risk governance in 2021, according to its 11th […]

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CPPIB invests in European student housing, OMERS buys solar power producer

Jennifer Paterson — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:00:13 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is part of a new joint venture that’s aiming to be one of the largest student accommodation partnerships in Europe. Alongside global real estate investment manager Round Hill Capital, the joint venture is targeting assets in excess of €1 billion and will invest in standing assets and developments across continental Europe. […]

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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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Ontario Teachers’, PSP join consortium to buy Australian infrastructure investment company

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:15:09 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are part of a consortium making a binding offer to buy an Australian infrastructure investment company. The deal, which also includes the Toronto-based Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co., values the Spark Infrastructure Group at about AU$ 5.2 billion ($4.8 billion). It has already […]

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British PM calling on domestic institutional investors to be more like Canadian pension funds

Gideon Scanlon — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:00:04 +0000

In an open letter, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak are calling on the U.K.’s institutional investors to follow the lead of Canadian and Australian pension funds by making more long-term, illiquid investments. “Currently global investors, including pension funds from Canada and Australia, are benefitting from the opportunities that U.K. […]

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DB pension interest in fixed income grew in 2020, finds PIAC asset mix report

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:00:37 +0000

Members of the Pension Investment Association of Canada saw their managed assets grow by 7.4 per cent in 2020, according to a new report. In its defined benefit asset mix report covering 2020, the PIAC found its members’ DB pensions grew by 7.4 per cent, from $2.286 trillion to $2.454 trillion, over the course of […]

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CPPIB, AIMCo re-invest in telecom infrastructure giant, BCI in logistics firm

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:00:33 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. are together investing $2.4 billion in the Australian digital infrastructure company BAI Communications Pty. Ltd. The funds have been earmarked to support BAI’s global growth strategy and acquisitions. BAI recently announced a partnership agreement with Transport for London to deliver high-speed mobile coverage […]

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PSP reporting 18.4% net return for fiscal 2021

bwolfe — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:00:20 +0000

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is reporting a net return of 18.4 per cent in fiscal 2021. As of March 31, 2021, the PSP had $204.5 billion in net assets under management, up 20.4 per cent from $169.8 billion at the end of the previous fiscal year. The PSP also reported a 10-year annualized […]

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