Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Amanda Stephensen of The Canadian Press reports AIMCo opening its 1st Asia office in Singapore, remains leery of China: Alberta Investment Management Corp. AIMCo) is opening its first Asian office, but the Edmonton-based fund manager says it will steer well clear of China to focus instead on markets with less geopolitical risk.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board , for example, which invests on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan , sold a diversified portfolio of limited partnership fund interests in mostly North American and European buyout funds to French private investment house Ardian for around $2 billion on Nov.

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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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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio? Explore Types, Benefits and How to Get Started Are you tired of the traditional investment options that seem to be a rollercoaster ride and often offer limited downside protection? If so, it’s time to delve into alternative investments.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio? Explore Types, Benefits and How to Get Started Are you tired of the traditional investment options that seem to be a rollercoaster ride and often offer limited downside protection? If so, it’s time to delve into alternative investments.

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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. aiming to do co-investments alongside fund commitments, Puffer said.

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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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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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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

Should you invest $1,000 in BlackRock right now? All of us at GIP share in the vision of delivering better outcomes for clients and leading critical global investments that drive economic growth. Infrastructure investment is a fast-growing market. So, with that, I'll turn it over to Larry. and BlackRock wasn't one of them.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 13, 2025

Jameson Berkow of the Globe and Mail reports PSP Investments buys stake in Ontarios 407 highway, the pension funds largest Canadian investment: Public Sector Pension Investment Board is making its largest-ever investment in Canada with a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire a piece of Ontarios 407 ETR toll road.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 28, 2023

Patrick DeRochie, senior manager of Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health , wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail, stating Canada is burning, so why is our national pension fund still heavily into fossil fuels?: The economic impacts of climate disruption are already significant , and will only get worse.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2024

With this context as a backdrop, we chatted with Andrew Edgell, Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Credit Investments at CPP Investments about how he sees private debt faring in the credit cycle ahead. PE firms have a lot more skin in the game and also more capital available to support their investments.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

What led you into that field of study in the world of investing? There are no Renaissance people left on Wall Street, and investing people who can talk about drama and talk about numbers at the same time. That’s a Graham approach investing, buy a bond with price appreciation. You’re known as the dean of valuation.

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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% The returns, which outpaced a 6.8%

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 31, 2025

The predictability of what were investing in is lower, Taylor said as pension teams across the country dig into drafting and assessing potential scenarios for a year that, given the prospect of multiple pockets of economic and geopolitical unrest, could be very different from those that came before it.

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