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World’s Top Pension Funds See the Largest Assets Decline in 20 Years

Pension Pulse

Willis Towers Watson put out a press release stating the world’s top pension funds see the largest assets fall in 20 years: North America now accounts for nearly half of assets in world’s 300 largest pension funds ARLINGTON, Va., increase in the assets of the largest 300 pension funds in the previous year.

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Canadian LPs Selling PE Stakes in Higher-For-Longer Environment

Pension Pulse

This occurs when the value of bonds and shares of publicly listed firms decline, as they did recently, bringing down the total assets of a pension fund. Canadian pension funds are among the largest private equity investors in the world. Denominator effect The first is what’s known as the “denominator effect.”

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Best Caisse Scenario?

Pension Pulse

It’s late April, and Emond is appearing at a hearing at Quebec’s National Assembly, where parliamentarians are zeroing in on a perceived dilution of the share of assets the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested at home, from 26.1% We must take into account the size of the fund, the size of the Quebec economy.

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AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on Shadow Banks and Investing More in Canada

Pension Pulse

It is not monolithic and includes such varied enterprises as pension fund investment managers such as AIMCo , insurance companies, investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, mortgage investment companies – and still others.

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Suyi Kim on What Drives Success at CPP Investments' Giant PE Portfolio

Pension Pulse

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. China accounts for 9.8%

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AIMCo's CIO Talks Total Portfolio Approach, Private Credit and Risk

Pension Pulse

Rather than continuing to plough in capital, the investment team are now thinking more about comparing opportunities across assets and anticipating future trends. AIMCo is one of many investors piling into the asset class which now accounts for some $2 trillion of assets under management.

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CPP Investments Sinks Another £300M Into Octopus Energy, Buys Huge Stake in Mortgage Portfolio

Pension Pulse

Collectively Kraken is licensed to support 52 million accounts globally. As of September 30, 2023 CPP Investments has committed C$32 billion to the global energy transition through its Sustainable Energies Group. million customers, over 40,000 business customers, with over 50 million contracted accounts for our entech platform, Kraken.

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