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Comparing OTPP to PSPP?
Frederick Vettese, the former chief actuary of a large actuarial firm and the author of Retirement Income for Life: Getting More without Saving More, wrote an interesting opinion column recently, How...
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Stocks Enter March Madness?
Fred Imbert of CNBC reports, Stocks post 5-day losing streak, notch worst week of 2019 after anemic jobs report:Stocks fell for a fifth straight day on Friday after the U.S. government released...
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HOOPP Gains 2.2% in 2018
James Comtois of Pensions & Investments reports, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan posts annual return of 2.17%:Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, Toronto, returned a net 2.17% on its investments...
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Resilience According to Boivin and Letko?
I attended a CFA Montreal luncheon today at the Sheraton titled Resilience According Pierre Boivin and Peter Letko:How investment pros navigate challenging situations, manage change and bounce back...
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BCI's Record $7 Billion Real Estate Partnership?
Real Estate News EXchange reports, BCI, RBC, Quadreal partner on record $7B investment portfolio:The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) will move over 40 Canadian real estate...
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CPPIB, OTPP Eyeing Indian Projects?
Reghu Balakrishnan of the Economic Times reports, CPPIB, Allianz-led InvIT in talks to acquire Sadbhav Infra’s 12 road assets:Mumbai: Canada’s largest pension fund manager Canada Pension Plan...
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More Bad News For Active Managers?
Fred Imbert of CNBC reports, Dow rises more than 100 points, S&P 500 posts best weekly gain since November:Stocks posted strong weekly gains, led by tech shares, as investors cheered renewed...
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Wisconsin's Big Public Pension Cheese?
Elizabeth Bauer wrote a comment for Forbes, 'Go North, Young Man,' To The Wisconsin Public Pension System:To parapharase Horace Greeley in his Manifest Destiny exhortation, but for those seeking out...
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PSP, QuadReal Invest in London's Cherry Park?
PSP Investments put out a press release yesterday, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield forms partnership with PSP Investments and QuadReal for a €750Mn (£670Mn) Private Rented Sector scheme in...
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CPPIB Hitting Another Level?
Valerie Jones of Rigzone reports, Williams, CPPIB to Form $3.8B Shale Gas JV:Williams and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have entered into an agreement to create a $3.8 billion joint...
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Canadian Pensions Embrace New Technologies?
Earlier this week, the Caisse put out a press release, CDPQ Expands Its Artificial Intelligence Offering:Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has announced the creation of a fund dedicated to...
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The Bond Market's Ominous Warning?
Yun Li of CNBC reports, Bonds are flashing a huge recession signal — here’s what happened to stocks last time it happened:The bond market is edging closer to signaling a recession, but don’t panic yet....
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A Discussion With CalPERS's New CIO
John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg reports, How Fast Can CalPERS’s $360 Billion Grow?:In January, Ben Meng started his job as chief investment officer of a seriously big fund: the $358.4 billion California...
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Jim Keohane on 20 Years at HOOPP?
Benefits Canada reports, Jim Keohane to retire as CEO of HOOPP in 2020:Jim Keohane is retiring from his role as president and chief executive officer of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan in March...
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Toronto's Annual Spring Pension Conference
Last week, I attended the CFA Society Toronto's 2019 Annual Spring Pension Conference:The 2019 Annual Spring Pension Conference will be held on March 28th at Toronto Board of Trade in Lennox Hall. This...
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Fully Funded OPTrust Gains 1% in 2018
Benefits Canada reports, OPTrust remains fully funded, lowers discount rate in ‘worst year for markets’:In addition to remaining fully funded and lowering its discount rate, the OPSEU Pension Trust...
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OTPP Gains 2.5% in 2018
Martha Porado of Benefits Canada reports, Ontario Teachers’ posts 2.5% return for 2018 amid volatile investment environment:The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan posted a net return of 2.5 per cent for...
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PSP to Jointly Invest $2B in India's Toll Roads?
Tanya Thomas of DealStreetAsia reports, NIIF, Roadis to jointly invest $2b in road projects in India:Infrastructure investment company Roadis and the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)...
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Norway Selling its EM Bonds?
Sveinung Sleire and Mikael Holter of Bloomberg report, Norway's $1 Trillion Fund Told to Sell Emerging Market Bonds:Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund got the go-ahead to cut government and...
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Ray Dalio's Quest to Reform Capitalism?
Ray Dalio, co-CIO and Co-Chairman of Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund, recently posted a comment on LinkedIn, Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed (Parts 1 &...
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