Pension Pulse

JULY 2, 2024

However, it wasn’t until the last decade that the asset class began to account for a significant part of its investment portfolio: CDPQ’s private equity assets nearly doubled from 10.1 percent in 2022. Fast forward a couple of years later, private equity had performed well with great returns. percent to 21.4 billion ($318.5

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

billion), up from C$402 billion at the end of 2022. In 2022, CDPQ returned a net -5.6%, above the benchmark return of -8.3%. For 2023, by asset class, equities, which comprises equity markets and private equity, returned a net 10.1%, below its benchmark of 14.3%. for the benchmark. and 5.0%, finishing the year stable in the U.S.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

billion; €6 billion) in liquidity last year, including roughly C$6 billion from selling direct investments and receiving dividend recapitalisations, and around C$3 billion from selling private equity fund stakes in the secondaries market, head of PE Martin Longchamps tells affiliate title Private Equity International.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds recently interviewed Suyi Kim, Global Head of Private Equity at CPP Investments to go over what drives success at their giant PE portfolio: Suyi Kim, global head of private equity at CPP Investments manages quite possibly the largest private equity allocation in the world. billion this year.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Michiel Willams of Net Zero Investor reports OMERS’ sustainability chief on why the C$127bn fund’s green investment spree will not slow down: OMERS, the defined benefit (DB) plan for municipal employees in Ontario, is increasingly positioning itself as one of Canada's greenest pension fund investors. to sell its 24.5%

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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. In the first half of 2023, higher financing costs hurt the Caisse’s private-equity portfolio, which posted a return of 1.4 per cent. “In

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

APG had backed Scape’s earlier development joint ventures, which were established in 2015 and 2018, with Ivanhoe Cambridge having committed $649 million to the company’s core strategy in 2022. That's obviously important, but there's a defensive component to purpose-built student accommodation that pension funds very attractive.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I told him I track pension funds very closely and there's no doubt CDPQ is a global leader in sustainable/ responsible investing. I also told him since CDPQ introduced its new climate strategy back in September 2021, too much focus has been on the fourth pillar, exiting out of oil production by 2022.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 14, 2024

billion in 2022. It also reported a funded status of 100 per cent, marking 15 consecutive years at a fully funded status. per cent), credit (12 per cent), private equity (8.7 per cent) all generated higher returns than in 2022 (up from negative 17.6 per cent) decreased from 2022 (21.1 It found, as of Dec.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2023

So, it was a shock in 2022 to learn that an American company, owned by a Wall Street firm, sent children as young as 13 to work in slaughterhouses. The disgrace was more disturbing because the company, PSSI, is vital to national food safety and its owner, Blackstone, claims to be a model of management. How can this happen?

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And we did talk to a lot of people, but we were grateful to have a college endowment, a a publicly traded insurance company, a publicly traded company, corporations pension fund, and some wealthy individuals join our first fund, which was a mighty $71.4 Now they’re private companies.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

But for individuals, historically, there have not been great options to invest into private companies. And there’s a real democratization of access to private markets, and we’re one of the firm’s that’s been leading that. Look, our parents all had pension funds. equities — LAYTON: Yup.

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Sara Grillo

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The giant companies are sitting on massive cash piles; Apple is sitting on 202bb in cash. According to Yardeni Research, there was $200B of buybacks in Q2 2022 for S&P stocks (which boosts the price). The massive cash pile held by just 13 companies accounts for nearly 40% of the $2.7 9 December, 2022). 2016, May).

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Pension Pulse

JULY 4, 2023

The company is still in talks with its shareholders about raising as much as £1 billion in fresh funds following a £500 million injection agreed last year. Its largest shareholder is Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers), which holds a nearly 32 per cent stake.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

So the theory was that’s great that you’re providing a loan, but if you can co-invest with them and get the upside of partnering with some of the most successful private equity funds in the United States, you know, a great way to enhance your returns. Tell us a little bit about what made everything click in 2022?

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 22, 2023

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada Pension Plan Investment Board joins startup at $100 million Reforestation Fund: Canada’s largest pension fund has joined a project to produce carbon credits by planting more than 100 native tree species on degraded land in Brazil’s Amazon region.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

RITHOLTZ: I forgot to mention, you have received the Chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by the president of the French Republic in January 2022. And whilst we were dealing with the same counterparty, the same pension fund, some of their constituents, some of the underlying boards, disagree on the approach to take there.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 21, 2025

Barbara Shecter of the National Post wrote a comment asking whether the Canadian pension model can survive a new era of politicization: Rachel Reeves, the U.K.s new chancellor of the exchequer, had a goal in mind when she flew to Toronto last August to meet with the heads of some of Canadas largest pension funds. 60 per cent.

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