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

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Earlier today, I spoke with Peter Letko and Daniel Brosseau of LetkoBrosseau Global Investment Management to set the record straight on where they stand on Canadian pension funds investing more in Canada. It may seem appealing to encourage pension funds to invest more of our combined funds of over $2-trillion in Canada.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Leduc with CPP Investments said Tombe had come to the same conclusions his asset management company had reached, albeit a little higher than what they calculated, but much lower than what is in the report. Third, Don Braid of the Calgary Herald writes Canada Pension Plan says flat 'NO!'

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Arleen Jacobius of Pensions & investments also reports CalSTRS beats its benchmark with 8.4% billion, West Sacramento-based pension fund reported. and the pension fund's 7% assumed rate of return. CalSTRS funded status was 75.9% The returns pushed Calstrs’ total assets to $341.4 in fiscal 2024.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

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Pension Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Canada's large pension funds are globally known investors, managing more than $1 trillion of savings, but their exposure to domestic equities has steadily declined over the past decade since Canadian equity markets represent just 3% of the global equity market. The finance ministry did not immediately respond to an email query.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 23, 2023

One totemic statistic on this front (and one which — hands up — I’ve thrown around myself) is the fact that DB pension funds have gone from having something like half of their assets in UK equities in the mid-1990s to less than 2% today. But there’s a good reason for this.

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APRIL 23, 2024

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada found that between 2003 and 2017, Canadian pension funds invested $25 billion in the region. The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has had an on-the-ground presence on the continent for over a decade, and currently has offices in Singapore as well as Hong Kong and Mumbai.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 3, 2024

Sarah Rundell of Top1000funds reports AIMCo talks total portfolio approach, private credit, and risk: Alberta Investment Management Corporation, AIMCo, the $160 billion asset manager for pensions, endowments and insurance groups in Canada’s western province, is developing a total portfolio approach in private assets.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But in a partial victory for fund groups which opposed the rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission did not proceed with proposals that would have expanded funds' legal liability and outright banned arrangements that allow some investors special terms.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Gillian Tan, Swetha Gopinath and Layan Odeh of Bloomberg report OMERS to stop making direct private equity investments in Europe: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will stop making direct private equity investments in Europe as the pension fund overhauls its operations there, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 4, 2024

In turn, it makes it possible for large investors such as pension funds, endowment funds, mutual funds and insurance providers to share with their thousands of members that their action plans are credible and verifiable. In private markets, they were a bit better but the lag there will catch up to these assets.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

To remedy that, Siddall opened a Singapore office this month after hiring Kevin Bong to run it as senior managing director and chief investment strategist. Canada’s large pension funds have pulled back on some activities in China. Earlier this year, British Columbia Investment Management Corp.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 18, 2024

In short, pensions aren't about beating the Nasdaq or putting all your eggs in the Magnificent Seven stocks, it's about ensuring you have enough assets to meet your future liabilities and never sustain a massive hit that jeopardizes your ability to deliver on the pension promise. Can we improve their governance?

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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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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OCTOBER 31, 2023

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AUGUST 3, 2023

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

So if you start with the S&P 500 or in this case stocks and bonds, you only have two asset classes, right. And the question was if you can find other areas of investment that can generate the types of returns you need for your liability stream, diversification becomes the free lunch. RITHOLTZ: Fair enough. Less, 20, 30%?

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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.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

James Hirai of Bloomberg reports Dutch pension funds send shockwaves through euro swap market: Dutch pension funds are plowing cash into long-dated swap contracts, according to strategists, upending one of this year’s most popular trades. The funds, by far the region’s largest with more than €1.5 in a client note.

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Sara Grillo

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

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. We’re just it’s only active managers.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

He is the Chief Investment Officer of Asset and Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. He’s a member of the management committee. He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. RITHOLTZ: You mentioned liability. What can I say about Julian Salisbury? How do you juggle all of those?

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2024

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports OMERS reports steady gains at mid-year mark in shift to bonds, credit: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System relied on steady returns from private assets, tailwinds from strong stock markets and a resilient U.S. dollar to earn a 4.4-per-cent per cent on their investments.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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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. Public Equities include absolute return strategies and related investment liabilities. per cent return.

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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. billion in Canadian funds.

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The Big Picture

MAY 23, 2023

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

No, I — the first thing I spoke at was a Goldman Sachs Asset Management conference, strange enough in a place called Carefree, Arizona. pension funds engaged in to the tune of hundreds of billions of pounds. Another investment from Marathon Asset Management, a friend called Charles Carter.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

Mathieu Chabran is the co-founder of TIKEHAU Capital, a Paris-based alternative asset manager. They run over $40 billion worth of assets. I don’t know how relevant that is to asset management, but let’s talk a little bit about you were doing before you were being lauded by the French president.

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