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Sabia Defends Caisse's REM Project?
Michael Sabia, president and CEO of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, wrote an op-ed for all the major Quebec newspapers including the Montreal Gazette, REM electric train: A Montreal of the...
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Canada's Mighty PE Investors?
Kirk Falconer of PE Hub Network reports, CPPIB, Ontario Teachers’, CDPQ among world’s largest private equity LPs:Canada’s pension funds are among the world’s biggest investors in private equity,...
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Much Ado About CPPIB's Quarterly Results?
Jacqueline Nelson of the Globe and Mail reports, Volatile markets shake CPPIB results:The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reported a decline in Canada Pension Plan assets to $298.1-billion in its...
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Jim Leech Tapped For Infrastructure Bank?
The Canadian Press reports, Liberals tap former pension fund CEO to help build new infrastructure bank:The former head of one of the country's largest pension funds is being tapped to help build a new...
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Ontario Liberals Loving Their Pension Assets?
David Reevely of the Ottawa Citizen reports, Pension experts hand Ontario's Liberals a $1.5B pre-election windfall:The Ontario Liberals have an extra $1.5 billion to spend between now and the next...
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Ontario's Brewing Pension War?
The Canada News Network reports, Thomas to Wynne: "Pension assets belong to pension plan members":Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne would do well to remember who owns the assets of the province's jointly...
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Lunch With PSP's André Bourbonnais?
The President and CEO of PSP Investments, André Bourbonnais, was the invited guest at a CFA Montreal luncheon on Wednesday. He was interviewed by Miville Tremblay, Director and Senior Representative at...
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Top Funds Activity in Q4 2016
Katherine Burton, Simone Foxman and Katia Porzecanski of Bloomberg report, Hedge Funds Boost Financials, Trim Tech and Other 13F Highlights:Hedge fund managers jumped on the Trump train in the last...
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CPPIB Fixing China's Pension Future?
The Canadian Press reports, Canada, China to share pension expertise:The top executive at Canada's largest retirement fund is in Beijing today to help grow the fund's relationship with Chinese pension...
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Overestimating Canadian DB Plans' Liabilities?
The Canada News Wire reports, Canadian pensioners not living as long as expected:New research finds longevity for Canadian pensioners is lower than anticipated – which may actually be costing defined...
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CalPERS's Private Equity Disaster?
In a recent blog comment, Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism laments, CalPERS’ Private Equity Portfolio Continues to Earn Way Too Little for the Risk:We’ve said for the last couple of years that private...
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Gotham Better Hedge Fund Fees?
Hema Parmar of Bloomberg reports, Gotham Hedge Fund Explores Shifting fees to Tie Pay to Returns:Gotham Asset Management, the $6 billion money manager run by Joel Greenblatt and Robert Goldstein, is...
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La Caisse Gains 7.6% in 2016
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec today released its financial results for calendar year 2016, posting a 10.2% five-year annualized return: La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec today...
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OMERS Gains 10.3% in 2016
Barbara Shecter of the National Post reports, OMERS investment returns surge 10% as net assets hit $85 billion:OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees, posted an investment return of...
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Buffett Baffled by 30-Year Bonds?
Matthew J. Belvedere of CNBC reports, Why anyone would buy a 30-year bond 'absolutely baffles me,' Warren Buffett says:Billionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC he can't see any reason for...
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America's Crumbling Pension Future?
Ginger Adams Otis of the New York Daily News reports, About one million American workers have pension plans on verge of insolvency:Nearly one million working and retired Americans are currently covered...
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PBGC Running Out of Cash?
Ginger Adams Otis of the New York Daily News reports, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation running out of cash to cover union pension funds (h/t, Suzanne Bishopric):The clock is ticking for 71...
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Turning Disabilities Into Profits?
Beth Rose of the BBC reports, The ex-trader turning disabilities into profits:It's a fast-paced, risk-taking industry glamorised by Hollywood and writers alike, but when one Wall Street trader left the...
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HOOPP Gains 10.4% in 2016
Jennifer Paterson of Benefits Canada reports, HOOPP return rises to 10.4% for 2016:Despite a challenging start to 2016, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan improved its investment return to 10.4 per...
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Is OPTrust Changing the Conversation?
Julius Melnitzer of Benefits Canada reports, OPTrust return slides to 6% in 2016:OPTrust’s investment return for 2016 decreased to six per cent, compared to its return of eight per cent in 2015.Its...
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