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Ottawa Courts Pensions on Infrastructure?
David Ljunggren and Matt Scuffham of Reuters report, Canada opens talks with pension funds on infrastructure funding:The federal government is talking to the country’s largest pension funds about...
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More on Bridgewater's Radical Transparency?
John Gapper of the Financial Times reports, Bridgewater is troubled over ‘radical transparency’:When a dominant type-A (often alpha male) personality runs an investment management firm that beats the...
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Will Canada Adopt Negative Rates?
John Shmuel of the National Post reports, Canada could adopt negative interest rates within the next two years, Citi says:Canada could be among a handful of countries to adopt negative interest rates...
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The Death of Manufactured Unicorns?
Jeremy G. Philips, a partner at Spark Capital, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times, The Rise and Fall of the Unicorn:For a moment, there was no more prestigious endorsement for a technology start-up...
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Ontario Delays Launch of ORPP?
Adrian Morrow of the Globe and Mail reports, Ontario to delay start of pension plan in bid to ease business fears:Ontario is slowing down the start of its signature pension plan but speeding up the...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2015
Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Sam Forgione of Reuters report, Top U.S. hedge funds bet on Morgan Stanley and AIG:Top U.S. hedge fund management firms, including Dan Loeb's Third Point LLC, took new positions...
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Canadian Pensions Defy Volatile Markets?
Reuters reports Canadian pension funds defy volatile markets to achieve 5.4% annual return in 2015:Canadian pension funds achieved a return of 5.4 per cent on their investments in 2015 as their...
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A Conversation on Pensions and Inequality
A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with Gordon T. Long of the Financial Repression Authority on how financialization is causing inequality and limiting aggregate demand growth:In this 45 minute...
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Ontario Teachers Dumping PE Funds?
Yolanda Bobeldijk of Dow Jones Financial News reports, Ontario Teachers to offload $1bn private equity portfolio:Toronto-based Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is preparing to sell a large private equity...
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Cracks in Canada's Pension Safety Net?
Susan Smith wrote a special for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s pension safety net is strong but showing strains:Amid all the worry about the boomer bubble, longer lifespans and uncertain economic...
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Caisse Gains 9.1% in 2015
The Montreal Gazette reports, Caisse de dépôt posts 9.1% return in 2015:A weak Canadian dollar ended up being a strong contributor to the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec’s impressive 2015...
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Going Nuts Over London City Airport?
Ben Martin of the Telegraph reports, Canadian pension funds and Kuwait to buy London City Airport:Three Canadian pension funds and the Kuwait Investment Authority have won the takeover battle for...
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Are U.S. Public Pensions Doomed?
Attracta Mooney of the Financial Times reports, US public pension deficits squeeze city and state budgets:The health of the US public pensions system is deteriorating. The latest figures reveal that...
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OMERS Gains 6.7% in 2015
Jacqueline Nelson of the Globe and Mail reports, OMERS posts 6.7-per-cent return, bolstered by infrastructure, real estate assets:The pension plan for Ontario municipal employees earned a 6.7-per-cent...
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Super Funded HOOPP Gains 5.1% in 2015
Yaldaz Sadakova of Benefits Canada reports, HOOPP’s 2015 return slides to 5% amid volatility:Amid slow global growth, chronically low interest rates and declining commodity prices, the Healthcare of...
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Checkmate For Europe's Pensions?
Katie Allen of the Guardian reports, ECB cuts eurozone interest rate to zero to jump-start economy:The European Central Bank has cut interest rates in the eurozone to zero, expanded its money printing...
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Big Cracks in U.S. Real Estate?
Kara Wetzel of Bloomberg reports, U.S. Commercial Property Prices Drop for First Time in Six Years:U.S. commercial real estate prices dropped in January for the first time since 2010, a sign of...
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Canadian Pensions on the Global Prowl?
Jacqueline Nelson of the Globe and Mail reports, Going global: Pension funds on the prowl:The calls rang in from all corners of the globe. Corporate giants and investment firms with assets to unload...
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New Jersey's COLA War?
Samantha Marcus of New Jersey Advanced Media reports, Public workers' fight for pension adjustments hits N.J. Supreme Court:Government workers' fight for cost-of-living adjustments to their retirement...
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The $78 Trillion Global Pension Disaster?
Katy Barnato of CNBC reports, Rich countries have a $78 trillion pension problem:Dreams of lengthy cruises and beach life may be just that, with 20 of the world's biggest countries facing a pension...
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