Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Earlier today, CDPQ issued a press release stating it has acquired an 80% stake in a solar plant in Japan: CDPQ, a global investment group, today announced it has acquired an 80% stake in a solar power generation plant in Japan, alongside its portfolio company Shizen Energy Inc. Some more food for thought for my pension readers.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 12, 2024

Former Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt also wanted to build a Canadian-style pensions model in Britain, but progress had been slow. Reeves has announced a review, overseen by the new pensions minister Emma Reynolds, to look into how to achieve scheme consolidation and put pension funds to use in promoting UK growth.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 23, 2024

But what’s even more relevant, he says, is that with $88 billion now invested in a province with a GDP of nearly $500 billion, “the Caisse is the pension fund that is the most invested, in the world, in its local economy.” More than ever, Canada’s largest pension funds are being pressed to play the same role in the rest of the country.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

Stephen Gaitanos and Craig Carracher founded Scape Australia in 2014 and are now the largest residential-for-rent owner and operator in Australia, managing more than 36 operational assets (17,200 apartments) with 10 purpose-built student housing and urban living assets under development. What about Canada?

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

Ian Bickis of The Canadian Press reports CPP Investments earned 8 per cent in latest fiscal year, net assets rose to $632 billion: Canada's biggest pension fund earned an eight per cent return last year, but significantly underperformed the 19.9 per cent return of its reference portfolio.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 21, 2024

From 2014 to 2023, private infrastructure and real estate funds with exposure to digital infrastructure raked in $800 billion in commitments , according to the analyst note. The investment approach in pension funds in Canada and Denmark are similar, inspiration in Denmark come from Canada.”

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

In private credit, tightening credit conditions resulting from a handful of bank failures and rescues in the United States have opened up opportunities for non-bank players like pension funds, he said. So we kind of had headwinds and tailwinds in the portfolio, which is the point of diversification,” Graham said. per cent return.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

million shares of common stock to the equity owners of Aera, which is owned by entities managed by German asset management group IKAV and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. sold their stakes to IKAV in 2022. in late 2014, filed for bankruptcy in 2020 amid low oil prices, emerging from the process later that year.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Anyway, let me get on to covering this week in pensions. First, Shahir Gindo wrote a special to the Globe and Mail on why Canadian pensions funds should invest more in domestic assets to boost the economy. I want to confront the topical complaint that pension funds allocate something like 4% of our capital to domestic stocks.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Mr. Connor succeeded Heather Munroe-Blum, CPP Investments’ Chairperson since 2014, whose final term as Chairperson and Director expired in October. oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests owned by LongPoint Minerals, LLC and LongPoint Minerals II, LLC, which CPP Investments owns stakes of 72% and 44%, respectively.

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