Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This article was written in late October and it confirms a trend we have been seeing since last year, namely, Canada's large pension funds are tapping into the secondaries market to get rid of underperforming fund stakes to shore up liquidity and diversify vintage year risk. Established in 1999, PSP Investments manages $264.9

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 16, 2024

The fund drew support from institutional investors in North America, EMEA and France, including the European Investment Fund, which made a cornerstone commitment of €75m at first closing in November 2022, as well as large consultants, asset managers, banks, pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign and fund of funds.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool. The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Middle-market private equity and credit investment firm Comvest Partners has closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI (CIP VI), with total capital commitments of $881m. CIP VI attracted commitments from foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, consultants and family offices.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Poirier is the chief executive officer of NeuState Advisory, a firm he founded, and a former executive in the pensions division of asset manager State Street Corp. Again, for me it's straightforward, OMERS is a large global pension fund but it doesn't need two boards. domain.com.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management , is below. Elizabeth Burton is Goldman Sachs asset management’s client investment strategist. Previously she was Chief Investment Officer at various state pension funds, including Maryland and Hawaii. Absolutely.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 19, 2024

Comvest Partners, a West Palm Beach, FL-based middle-market private equity and credit investment firm, closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI, at $881M.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That's more than half of the fund's estimated total net assets. Now that it's been released, the next few months will see former Progressive Conservative finance minister Jim Dinning head up a panel that will consult with Albertans on the idea over the fall and into spring 2024. Ultimately, the Supreme Court will need to decide.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 18, 2024

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.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 31, 2024

billion, delivers customized and multi-asset solutions across public and private markets to clients in North America, Europe and Asia Fiera Capital stock has added 25.38 billion, delivers customized and multi-asset solutions across public and private markets to clients in North America, Europe and Asia Fiera Capital stock has added 25.38

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Mr. Bethlenfalvy told CBC Radio last week that he had consulted widely, including with workers, who purportedly welcome the OIB. But so far the government hasn’t shared any information about its consultations, let alone results. To be fair, these are early days, and the OIB will need to find its feet. Well, it didn't turn out that way.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

The strip sale involved more than 60 international PE funds and co-investments, according to CDPQ’s annual report. Here is the key passage of the article I want you to hone in on: The strip sale involved more than 60 international PE funds and co-investments, according to CDPQ’s annual report. I can't say I'm surprised.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As at June 30, 2024, CDPQ’s net assets totalled CAD 452 billion. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X. About Brookfield Asset Management Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Advocacy groups have accused the private fund industry of unfair, conflicted and opaque practices that hurt everyday Americans who invest in such funds through their pensions. It's not as if some state pension fund benefits from opacity," SEC Chair Gary Gensler told reporters after the panel's vote.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Canadian asset owners’ treatment of climate change and the energy transition shows how evolving investment frameworks to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow can help identify opportunities over different time horizons. As a result of this evolution, the distinction between fundamental and quantitative strategies has blurred.”

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Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2023

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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Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

Earlier today, Ivanhoé Cambridge issued a press release stating Scape Australia closed its third PBSA development JV at AUD1.0bn alongside it and APG: Sydney, Australia, April 9, 2024 – Scape Australia has formed a partnership with Dutch pension investor APG Asset Management N.V. (‘APG’) What about Canada?

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Pension Pulse

JULY 2, 2024

In 2023, his team generated C$9 billion in liquidity, including roughly C$6 billion from selling direct investments and receiving dividend recapitalisations, and around C$3 billion from selling PE fund stakes in the secondaries market. We have to bring velocity to the asset class,” Longchamps says.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. billion) private debt fund earlier this month.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 7, 2023

They’re talking about asset management firms, in which public pension funds often have investments, supporting shareholder proposals meant to achieve social justice or climate objectives yet of dubious financial value. They could simply carry on trying to maximize returns.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

And by that metric, stocks are looking historically expensive, according to experts from PIMCO and GAM Asset Management. The historically low equity risk premium is a deterrent to investing in stocks, according to Julian Howard of Switzerland's GAM Asset Management. The equity risk premium is very, very narrow.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 6, 2023

Steve Randall of Wealth Professional reports that Fengate hires private equity executive from CPP Investments: Fengate Asset Management has bolstered its private equity team with the addition of Jennifer Pereira as managing director. Pereira worked at the Boston Consulting Group from 2006 to 2009.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The modest changes at most of the biggest pension funds are a result of compensation philosophies that emphasize long-term performance of the funds, which is typically measured over five-year horizons. Some pension fund CEOs faced small cuts to their paycheques last year. million in 2022. million from $5.6-million

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.

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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% per cent gain.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Our business tends to be seasonally strongest in the fourth quarter and we maintain line of sight into a broad, global opportunity set of new asset management and technology mandates that should fuel organic growth. asset manager selected Aladdin to unify its investment management technology platform across public market asset classes.

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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. Based in the U.S.,

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 10, 2024

That's why the last-mile logistics sector continues to offer solid fundamentals and Canada's pension funds all have invested in this sector in Europe and elsewhere via strong strategic partnerships (joint ventures where they put up most of the capital and pay no fees). The challenges we face require action from all parties.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 25, 2023

Benefits Canada reports BCI investing in financial services provider, building Brisbane apartment complex: The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is acquiring a minority stake in a corporate consultant and fund administration provider. During the year, it acquired PTL Governance Ltd., a fiduciary service provider.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 21, 2024

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. pension fund. As at December 31, 2023 , CDPQ's net assets totalled CAD 434 billion.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 29, 2025

The funds target at the launch of fundraising was $700 million. Fund XIIIs limited partners include United States and international endowments, foundations, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, consultants, and family offices.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

RITHOLTZ: The whole pre-financial crisis decade or two, hedge funds crushed-crushed it. SEIDES: I know back then, the premier job in asset management was to run Fidelity Magellan. There was no reason to think people would make billions of dollars running hedge funds. Or at least the top, pick a number, 30, 40%.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And I went to pitch this asset management guy on why he should come be a part of that process. Look, our parents all had pension funds. LAYTON: — sources of funds for our industry is going to change as a result of that. It’s been primarily pension, historically. It’s through a lot of work.

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Sara Grillo

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. But for the average person, what’s going to be much more effective is to work on voting and then to pressure pension funds and banks with whom you have a direct relationship, because those are the big blocks of capital that can actually push companies.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Smith’s government has been consulting for more than a month with Albertans on the merits and drawbacks of leaving the CPP and creating an Alberta pension plan. It has said Alberta is being shortchanged billions of dollars by contributing far more to the pension plan than it gets back and would fare better if it went its own way.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 3, 2023

Institutional Investor ) • Are Defined Benefit Pension Funds Still Useful Recruiting, Retention Tools? Essential to public sector employees, a pension fund is a forgotten benefit for most workers in the private sector. And it’s not just Reddit — digital media from newsletters to TikTok are also playing a role.

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