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Ontario Government Launches Governance Review of OMERS

Pension Pulse

Over the summer, multiple associations representing OMERS members wrote to the government urging it to review governance at the $133-billion pension fund, which invests on behalf of more than 626,000 Ontario public service workers.

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Is The Canadian Model Really Under Siege?

Pension Pulse

Wiseman and Ambachtsheer were on a panel alongside inaugural Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO Claude and CPP Investments current CEO John Graham, speaking about the origins and much-revered tenets of the Canadian system that are admired by pension funds around the world. And we were an incredibly entrepreneurial organisation.”

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Norway's Sovereign Fund Tops Global Transparency Ranking

Pension Pulse

Business Wire reports that Norway's sovereign fund tops global transparency ranking: TORONTO — Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Government Pension Fund Global, has topped the list of the most transparent funds according to the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark’s 2023 findings.

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APG and Ivanhoé Cambridge Back Scape's $658M Student Housing JV in Australia

Pension Pulse

Big pension funds invest in big student housing programs because they're recession-proof businesses that add defensive cashflows to their portfolio. That's obviously important, but there's a defensive component to purpose-built student accommodation that pension funds very attractive. What about Canada?

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This Week in Pensions & Investments: 20-10-2023

Pension Pulse

The statement, sent exclusively to the National Post , marks the first time Poilievre has explicitly addressed the issue of Alberta’s proposal to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and set up its own pension fund. The survey is unfortunately formulated to direct opinions rather than seek them.”

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CDPQ Appoints Rana Ghorayeb as EVP and Head of Real Estate

Pension Pulse

pension fund. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X. She served as Vice-President of Acquisitions at JP Morgan Asset Management in London, England , where she was in charge of real estate investments in several European countries.

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Transcript: Edward Chancellor

The Big Picture

I was having lunch with Jeremy in the summer of 2007, just after the Bear Stearns hedge fund started blowing up. I think the Americans going to be grateful that they didn’t do that much building in the last few years because otherwise, we would really have a replay of 2007 and ’08. RITHOLTZ: He’s a consultant.

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