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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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AIMCo Opens New York Office to Expand Private Credit

Pension Pulse

If you look at AIMCo's 2022 Annual Report , you will see the performance benchmarks for all asset classes: In Private Debt (Credit) it's 0% S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index + 40% S&P European Leveraged Loan Index + 0.90% (CAD hedged)' According to the annual report: The portfolio generated a 6.2%

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AIMCo Opens Its First Asia Office in Singapore

Pension Pulse

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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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% CPP Investments, meanwhile—Canada’s largest pension investor, with the Caisse at No.

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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. per cent on a 5-year basis.

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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. As a consequence, banks must submit to more stringent regulation.

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