Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The field’s best investment results in recent years have been those of “multistrategy” hedge funds like Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management. Their consistent, strong returns might make poring over their13Fs seem like a tempting way to ride their coattails without paying their steep management fees.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2024

So did its costs, particularly the fees paid to external investment managers: from $36-million in 2006 to $3.5-billion Over all, combining management fees, operating expenses and transaction costs, the fund’s expenses now exceed $5.5-billion billion in 2024, a near hundredfold increase. No brainer, right?

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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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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 17, 2023

“The renewable energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors, to which (the Caisse) has been exposed for many years, are significant vectors of performance,” the pension fund said. The difference with 2022 is primarily explained by the increase in external performance fees related to increased returns. per cent. “In

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In a statement announcing the board purge, the government said that AIMCo’s third-party management fees increased by 96 per cent in the 2019 to 2023 period, the number of employees increased by 29 per cent and salary, wage and benefit costs increased by 71 per cent. In Kroner’s response, dated Wednesday, Nov.

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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% in Canada," CDPQ added.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

And whilst we were dealing with the same counterparty, the same pension fund, some of their constituents, some of the underlying boards, disagree on the approach to take there. And I think this is where the industry should be heading.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

BCI is a pension fund for unionized employees and government employees in British Columbia and Western Canada, with gross assets under management of $250 billion. Consolidation in the industry is likely, with larger managers acquiring smaller ones to expand their strategies and AUM. A few quick points here.

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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

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 Management fees decreased by $10 million, remaining broadly in line with the prior year.

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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

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. Management fees increased by $165 million, due to an increase in average assets managed by external fund managers.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An expansion of the CPP would transfer these risks from individual workers to the government, which is much better placed to manage them, as it can pool risks across all Canadian workers and across generations of workers. The CPP is also fully portable, making it easier to change jobs.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

In fact, virtually all of our drawdown funds we've launched in our history, have been profitable for our investors. Our performance has helped secure retirees' pensions, fund students educations, pay healthcare benefits, and protect and grow the savings of individual investors. billion or $0.94

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

The integration will nearly double our private markets management fees to over 1.5 billion Fund I to 20-plus billion in the most recent vintages. On our client side, the pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, the asset managers, infrastructure is what they want to invest in.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In a news release Thursday, the Alberta government said the “reset” at AIMCo was driven by rising costs at the Crown corporation, including third-party management fees and salaries and benefits that were not matched by a corresponding return on investment. A couple of quick remarks.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Amanda White of Top1000funds reports perfect score sees Norway take out top spot on transparency: 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 2024 findings, scoring a perfect 100 out of 100.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

James Bradshaw and Jefferey Jones of the Globe and Mail report Alberta government fires AIMCo board and CEO, plans to ‘reset focus’: Alberta’s government has fired the CEO and the entire board of Alberta Investment Management Corp. AIMCo), citing a need “to restore confidence” in the provincial pension fund manager.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The decision to put a senior government official on the board of the arm’s-length pension fund manager raises questions about AIMCo’s continued independence, and whether the move opens the door to the government to exert greater political influence or to steer the pension fund manager toward government priorities.

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