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Fired AIMCo Chair Disputes Alberta Government Claims
Barbara Shecter reports fired AIMCo chair disputes Alberta’s narrative on costs in letter to Horner:The former interim chair of Alberta Investment Management Corp. has written a letter to the Alberta...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q3 2024
Karen Friar and Hamza Shabanof Yahoo report the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq tumble as traders trim rate-cut bets:US stocks fell on Friday, on track for weekly losses as investors absorbed Chair Jerome...
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PSP and OTPP Selling $1 Billion-Plus PE Stakes
Chris Witkowsky of Buyouts reports Canadian giant PSP Investments shops $1 billion-plus portfolio:PSP investments is shopping a large portfolio of fund stakes that could total up to around $1.5...
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Catching Up with Eduard van Gelderen, New Head of Research at FCLTGlobal
Matt Toledo of Chief Investment Officer reports Eduard van Gelderen Appointed Head of Research at FCLTGlobal:FCLTGlobal, a non-profit that aims to help institutional investors drive long-term value...
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OTPP and Nordic Capital Acquire Swedish Financial Advisor Max Matthiessen
Swetha Gopinath of Bloomberg reports Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to co-own financial advisor Max Matthiessen: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) agreed to acquire a co-control stake in...
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Alberta Appoints Former PM Stephen Harper as AIMCo's New Chair
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Alberta appoints former prime minister Stephen Harper to chair AIMCo board:Alberta’s government appointed former prime minister Stephen Harper as chairman...
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CDPQ Rocked by Major Indian Bribery Scheme
Jacob Serebrin of the Montreal Gazette reports former Caisse executives took part in Indian bribery scheme, U.S. officials allege:Senior executives at Quebec’s provincial pension fund manager tried to...
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Canadian Pension Funds Exposed to Northvolt's Collapse
Charles Daly, Eyk Henning, Chunying Zhang and Wilfried Eckl-Dorna of Bloomberg report Northvolt collapse countdown started with BMW order cancellation:For Northvolt AB, the Swedish startup that became...
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Canada's "Overpaid" Pension Fund Managers: 2024 Edition
Charles Mathieu of Le Journal de Montréal reports that nothing is going well in Ottawa: 10 federal civil servants make more than $2 million (translated from French): Even though he is the Prime...
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John Graham's Letter to Gen Z on the Canada Pension Plan
John Graham, President and CEO of CPP Investments, recently penned an article for the National Post on what gen Z needs to know about the Canada Pension Plan:This message is for gen Z. If you’re not...
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CDPQ's Trusted Man at the Heart of the Corruption Plot
Hugo Joncas and Julien Arsenault of La Presse report the Caisse's trusted man at the heart of the corruption plot (translated from French):In September 2021, Azure Power – which received more than...
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HOOPP Names Annesley Wallace as its Next CEO
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports HOOPP names infrastructure expert Annesley Wallace as its next CEO:The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan has named Annesley Wallace as its next chief...
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PSP's Former CEO on the $9 Billion Public Service Pension Fund Surplus
On Friday, PSP investments' former CEO Neil Cunningham sent me Bill Curry's Globe and Mail article on how Ottawa could reap $9-billion from surpluses in public-service pension fund, projections...
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Robert Poirier to Lead OMERS Governance Review; OPE Acquires Integris
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Ontario appoints veteran director Robert Poirier to lead review of OMERS governance model:Ontario’s government has appointed businessman and corporate...
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Was Corruption Also Rampant at CDPQ's Maple Highways ?
Hugo Joncas and Julien Arseneault of La Presse report key roles for executives accused of corruption (translated from French):Three former CDPQ executives recently accused of corruption also played key...
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Rosie's Mea Culpa on an Irrational Bull Market and More
David Rosenberg wrote a comment for the Globe and Mail on his epiphany and why this bull market may not be as irrational as he thought: It’s high time for me to stop pontificating on all the reasons...
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BCG: SWFs and Pension Funds Set to Reshape Private Markets
BCG put out a press release earlier today stating sovereign wealth and public pension funds set to reshape private markets:BOSTON—Principal investors—including sovereign wealth funds, public pension...
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HOOPP Expands Its Plan to Self-Employed Physicians in Ontario
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports HOOPP plans to allow self-employed Ontario doctors to join pension plan for the first timeThe Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan will allow self-employed...
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OTPP and CDPQ Ink Deal to Co-Own New Zealand's Connexa
Dita De Boni of the Waikato Times reports Spark’s mobile towers set to be completely owned by Canadian investors:Spark New Zealand has told the markets this morning it will sell its remaining share in...
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PSAC Is Wrong About Public Sector Pension Plan Surplus
Catherine Morrison of the Ottawa Citizen reports PSAC is spreading 'misinformation' about surplus, says Treasury Board president: Treasury Board President Anita Anand is accusing Canada’s largest...
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