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The Caisse Tags Brazil in Major Deal?
Benefits Canada reports, Caisse taking stake in Brazilian oil and gas transportation company:The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and French utility company Engie are buying a combined 90 per...
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The Canadian Business Growth Fund?
A couple of weeks ago when I was in Toronto where I met George Rossolatos, CEO of the Canadian Business Growth Fund. I spoke with George earlier today and wanted to shine some light on the CBGF's...
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Peloton's Differentiated Approach?
During my recent trip to Toronto, I met Mike Murray, a former Managing Director at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and founder of Peloton Capital Management, a new Canadian private equity firm with a...
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US Expansion Has Years to Run?
Hugh Son of CNBC reports, Jamie Dimon says the US economic expansion ‘could go on for years’:“If you look at the American economy, the consumer is in good shape, balance sheets are in good shape,...
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Investors Prepare for a Market Shift in 2019?
Preqin recently released a press release, Investors Prepare for a Market Shift in 2019:The Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets H1 2019 finds that 61% of institutions now think that equity...
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Time to Increase Canada's Retirement Age?
The Canadian Institute of Actuaries put out a press release, Canada’s Actuaries Call for Discussions on Retirement Age:It’s time for governments and Canadian workers to talk about updating retirement...
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Understanding IMCO's Building Blocks
Yaelle Gang of the Canadian Investment Review reports, The Building Blocks of the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario:In 2016, when Bert Clark became the Investment Management Corp. of...
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Leverage and Canada's Pension Promise
In a recent article published in the Globe and Mail, Leverage is the key to meeting Canada’s pension promise, Alex LaPlante and Serguei Zernov of the Global Risk Institute note the following:Investors...
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2019's Most Responsible Investors
The Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) released its 2019 ranking of the most responsible asset allocators:The study, developed in partnership with the Fletcher School at Tufts, analyzed 197...
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Caisse and OMERS's 2018 Annual Report
The Caisse and OMERS recently published their 2018 annual report. Since I already went through their respective results here and here, I wanted to follow up and go over their annual reports to...
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China's Pension System on the Brink?
Chief Investment Officer reports that due to an aging population and dwindling workforce, China’s state pension fund could become insolvent by 2035, according to a report from the Chinese Academy of...
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OTPP's CIO Shares a Great TIP
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is going to invest in a global disruptive technology through a new innovation platform:Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers') is pleased to announce it is...
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Expect The Unexpected in Stocks?
Earlier this week, Morgan Stanley strategist Michael Wilson lamented about the spectacular gains in stocks this year:“I did not expect us to be at all time highs by April,” Wilson, the firm’s chief...
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CAAT Pension Holds Steady in 2018
Benefits Canada reports, CAAT pension plan holds steady with 2018 return of 0.5%:After a year of turbulent markets, the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has released its 2018 annual...
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Canadian Funds Vying For Jio's Infra Assets
Krishna V Kurup of Reuters reports, Global investors in talks to invest in India's Reliance Jio infra investment trusts:Global investors are in talks with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to invest in two...
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OPTrust Select Enrolls its First Members
OPTrust recently announced that it has enrolled the first nonprofit organizations to OPTrust Select, the new defined benefit pension offering:In total, seven employers and 215 members are joining...
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Apax, CPPIB, and PSP Sell Acelity to 3M
CPPIB and PSP Investments put out a press release, Apax Funds, CPPIB and PSP Investments Agree to Sell Acelity/KCI to 3M for $6.725 Billion:A consortium comprised of funds advised by Apax Partners (the...
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IMCO's CIO on Tackling Real Assets
IMCO's CIO Jean Michel was recently interviewed by I&PE's Richard Lowe to talk about real assets:Earlier this year, a car park on Toronto’s Front Street West started to turn into a building site,...
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Harvard Doubles Down on Hedge Funds
Bloomberg reports that Harvard endowment’s CEO N.P. “Narv” Narvekar is doubling down on hedge funds:Narvekar’s bet on the sophisticated, high-cost brand of money manager marks the biggest since the...
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CPPIB Invests in India's First Green Trust
Swaraj Singh Dhanjal of livemint reports that Piramal Enterprises has signed an agreement with CPPIB to co-sponsor India’s first renewable energy-focused infrastructure investment trust (InvIT):The...
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