Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

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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Pension Pulse

JULY 2, 2024

One of the biggest direct sales that CDPQ made last year was the partial divestiture of USI Insurance Services, a US-based insurance brokerage and consulting firm that the pension acquired in an equal partnership with KKR in 2017. The C$3 billion divestment of PE fund stakes, meanwhile, comprised a strip sale of C$1.7

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Cogeco will repurchase some and, in the end, the Quebec pension fund will wind up with a 16.1 In 2017, CDPQ also contributed USD 315 million toward the transaction to acquire MetroCast cable systems in the United States. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Regarding the pension fund's bond assets, CDPQ said the fixed income market was characterized by higher yields and the narrowing of corporate credit spreads. In equity markets, Canada’s second-largest pension fund benefited from its high exposure to the technology sector with a 17.7 and down 0.2% in Canada," CDPQ added.

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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 Our original investments were made in 2017.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

utility firm AES Corp said on Tuesday it would sell a 30% indirect equity interest in its Ohio subsidiary to Canada's second-largest pension fund CDPQ for $546 million, which will be used to support infrastructure investments. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A number of significant whole portfolio institutional mandates funded in the quarter, and we continue to be chosen for large global solutions. Last month, we were selected as a fiduciary manager for a $30 billion Dutch pension fund with more than 30,000 members. The consultants that we've been working with are excited.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 17, 2023

“The renewable energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors, to which (the Caisse) has been exposed for many years, are significant vectors of performance,” the pension fund said. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X. per cent, far below its benchmark of 7.2

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

So I think that argument is very valid in those couple of years, 2009, 2010 probably, maybe 2011, which was a tough year for hedge funds. You still had 2012 to 2017 to finish the bet. Public pension funds that manage hundreds of billion dollars can be manned by professionals that make $80 to $150,000 a year. SEIDES: Yeah.

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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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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The State Pension Fund of Finland has also joined as a new minority shareholder. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and StaffPoints management will retain their minority stakes. In 2023, StaffPoint recorded net sales of 137m and employed approximately 14,000 people.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 21, 2023

And we go through long periods, a good example would be post GFC through 2017 where values tough. If you’re anywhere from an individual to a pension fund, saying how much do I have to save to retire? This latest 2017 which again was a bad period for value, but a very good period for us and our firm grew.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

00:38:17 [Speaker Changed] And it’s worked out for places like Delta’s Pension Fund, 00:38:20 [Speaker Changed] Delta, there are a large number of public pensions as well that have used this Iers, Ohio Police and Fire Mosers. And, and the Wisdom Tree NTSX fund was born. The exit and the relaunch.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: Or it could be some unique characteristic, pension funds pay no taxes. 2017, you looked at Google and Facebook, I remember being in a discussion with my friend, Scott Galloway and he said, we got to break up these companies. You can work for a consulting firm. RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: Plus, they’re perpetual.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This phase will receive federal funding of $3.9-billion million in funding announced in the 2024 budget. Conservative MP and transport critic Philip Lawrence dismissed the announcement as a $5-billion photo-op, including previously announced funds, that shows the Liberals constantly fail to deliver on promises.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

I do think theres a path, he said, adding he believes pension involvement in Canadian airports could start almost immediately with investments in adjacent assets such as parking garages and freight services as well as new developments like sustainable aviation fuel facilities that arent core to the business of an airport.

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