PSP Investments – 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 Net-zero transition offering opportunities for Canadian pension sector: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/net-zero-transition-offering-opportunities-for-canadian-pension-sector-report/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=111263 Canada’s $4 trillion pension sector could enjoy immense commercial benefits by aligning with the transition to net-zero emissions and helping to mobilize $140 billion of low carbon investments per year, according to a new report by Corporate Knights, the Natural Step Canada and the Smart Prosperity Institute. It found Canada’s 12 largest pension fund managers […]

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]]> Caisse, CPPIB, PSP focusing on ESG, sustainable finance with new initiatives https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/caisse-cppib-psp-focusing-on-esg-sustainable-finance-with-new-initiatives/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:00:19 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108800 More than 20 financial organizations in Quebec, including the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, are joining forces to tackle the climate emergency. The initiative, the Statement by the Quebec Financial Centre for a Sustainable Finance, aims to affirm Quebec’s leadership in sustainable finance and the financial institutions’ […]

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]]> PSP accepts new partner in Boston scientific research centre joint venture https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/psp-accepts-new-partner-in-boston-scientific-research-centre-joint-venture/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:45:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108559 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is accepting a new partner into a joint venture that is building a new scientific research centre in Boston’s Seaport District. New York-based investment management company KKR and Co. Inc. reached a deal with PSP Investments and WS Asset Management Inc. to become an investor in a joint venture […]

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]]> PSP joins CPPIB as signatory on DEI pledge https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/psp-joins-cppib-as-signatory-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-pledge/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:45:20 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=107808 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is becoming a signatory on a diversity, equity and inclusion pledge. The pension fund joined 179 investment organizations in signing the Diversity in Action Initiative from the Institutional Limited Partners Association, an organization dedicated to advancing the interests of limited partner sponsors. Since its launch earlier this year, 11 other Canadian […]

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]]> PSP in joint venture on Toronto film studio, Caisse and OTPP to jointly acquire U.S. insurer https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/psp-in-joint-venture-on-toronto-film-studio-cdpq-and-otpp-to-jointly-acquire-u-s-insurer/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:00:22 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103359 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is embarking on a joint venture with a real estate firm to build a film and television production studio in Toronto. According to a memorandum of understanding, Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm Hackman Capital LLP will build the studio on a Downsview property to be leased by the […]

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]]> Caisse investing in wireless communications, BCI in Chile timber https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/caisse-invests-in-wireless-communications-bci-in-chile-timber/ Fri, 21 May 2021 13:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100837 The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is one of two organizations investing a total US$940 million in Phoenix Tower International, a U.S.-based wireless communications infrastructure provider. The investment will fund the company’s expansion in Europe as well as further growth in new and existing markets. The other investor is AMP Capital, an Australia-based […]

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]]> NDP tabling motion for all LTC homes, including the PSP’s Revera, to become non-profits https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/ndp-tabling-motion-for-all-ltc-homes-including-the-psps-revera-to-become-non-profits/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 05:00:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=97015 The New Democratic Party tabled a motion on March 22 that would immediately turn Revera Inc. — a company that runs more than 500 seniors’ homes in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. — from a for-profit chain wholly owned by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board into a publicly managed entity. The motion calls on the […]

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]]> PSP investing in real estate technology, Caisse in venture capital firm https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/psp-investing-in-real-estate-technology-caisse-in-venture-capital-firm/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:25:14 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=96733 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is among the investors in a new fund by Greensoil PropTech Ventures, a Toronto-based property-technology company. The fund, which sits at approximately US$50 million out of a US$100 million target, will invest in technologies to make the real estate industry more profitable and sustainable, according to a press release. […]

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]]> Caisse investing in shipping and agri-food, Ontario Teachers’ in packaging company https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/caisse-investing-in-shipping-and-agri-food-ontario-teachers-in-packaging-co/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=95720 The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and DP World have signed a US$1.2-billion deal to start the construction of an international container port and industrial logistics park in Indonesia. Under the agreement with Indonesia’s Maspion Group, the Caisse and DP World said DP World Maspion East Java will become the sole operator of […]

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]]> Canada’s pension system gets top grades in new benchmark https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/canadas-pension-system-gets-top-grades-in-new-benchmark/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:00:40 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=94792 Canada’s pension system was ranked first overall among 15 countries in the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark. It ranked Canadian funds first in governance, citing the “global reputation for superior performance and governance excellence” of Canada’s five largest funds, namely the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de depot et placement du Québec, the Canada […]

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