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Glencore's Bid For Teck Puts Pressure on Canada's Pension Giants?

Pension Pulse

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. All other pension funds did not respond to Reuters request for comments.

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Best Caisse Scenario?

Pension Pulse

But what’s even more relevant, he says, is that with $88 billion now invested in a province with a GDP of nearly $500 billion, “the Caisse is the pension fund that is the most invested, in the world, in its local economy.” More than ever, Canada’s largest pension funds are being pressed to play the same role in the rest of the country.

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CDPQ's 2023 Sustainable Investing Report

Pension Pulse

57% of its actively managed public companies count at least 30% women on their Boards, an increase of more than 39% in three years, and 30% of its nominee directors are women, thereby meeting the target it set.

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This Week in Pensions & Investments: 03-11-2023

Pension Pulse

Michiel Willams of Net Zero Investor reports OMERS’ sustainability chief on why the C$127bn fund’s green investment spree will not slow down: OMERS, the defined benefit (DB) plan for municipal employees in Ontario, is increasingly positioning itself as one of Canada's greenest pension fund investors. to sell its 24.5%

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A Fireside Chat With BCI's Head Of PE Jim Pittman

Pension Pulse

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. Continuation funds will become more popular as a way for managers to exit investments without selling at depressed prices. A few quick points here.

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Top Fund's Activity in Q1 2024

Pension Pulse

IR professionals, corporate governance professionals, public company C-suites and boardrooms: this is your opportunity to support 13F modernization.’ NIRI has called on public companies to submit letters to support the new campaign, and has created a letter template to facilitate the process.

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Talking With Authors: "Selling Without Selling Out" With Sunny Vanderbeck

The Motley Fool

David Gardner: You were public? We're public company. We found another company that we thought was a great fit, was able to close that transaction. Can you remind me, you were a very young public company CEO. Thinking again, here of many of my listeners who are investors in public companies only.