Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The portfolio represented various commitments made by CPP Investments over the past 20 years. The next day, Bloomberg News reported that the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is shopping private equity assets, also valued at as much as $2 billion. Canadian pension funds are among the largest private equity investors in the world.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 15, 2025

billion portfolio of European warehouses to AustralianSuper, forming a joint venture with Australias largest pension fund manager to help ramp up its exposure to logistics and industrial properties. The largest allocation of Oxfords investments roughly a third of its assets is now in the logistics sector. billion ($8.1-billion)

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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. per cent on a 5-year basis. “Our

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Pension Pulse

MAY 23, 2024

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% a decade ago to 20.3% What’s important is the Caisse is a partner to the Quebec economy.”

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Allison McNeely and Paula Sambo of Bloomberg report AIMCo opens New York office in credit push: Alberta Investment Management Corp., one of Canada’s largest pension plans, is opening a New York office as it pushes further into private credit investing. Private credit has grown into a US$1.7-trillion

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The official opening Tuesday of AIMCo’s new Singapore office marks the first foray into the Asia-Pacific region for what is one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, with $158 billion of assets under management as of 2022. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board also has offices in Mumbai and Hong Kong.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

Barbara Shecter of the National Post reports Canada Pension Plan investing board posts 1.3% return for year: The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board posted a net return of 1.3 per cent for the fiscal year ended March 31, ending the year with net fund assets of $570 billion compared to $539 billion a year earlier.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Rasak Musah Baba of IPE Real Assets reports CPP Investments backs Octopus Energy’s expansion with further £300m: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has backed Octopus Energy Group’s global expansion plan with a further £300m (€348m) commitment.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

Today, we are announcing two transformational changes in anticipation of the evolution we see ahead for the asset management industry and for the entire global capital markets. We've spoken throughout the year about what conditions we'd expect to bring investors out of cash and into risk assets.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: Or it could be some unique characteristic, pension funds pay no taxes. Why can’t foundations and endowments and you know, go down the list of entities that has capital, that shouldn’t panic, and has a hundred-year investment horizon? It seemed like the market took a decade or longer to catch up.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 15, 2024

gain for its latest fiscal year, with returns driven largely by public equity investments and private debt. annual target, pushed total assets at the biggest US public pension fund to $502.9 Calpers said that public equity investments led the way among asset classes with an estimated 17.5%

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