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On HOOPP's 400,000+ Strong Members
HOOPP put out a press release today stating its pension plan for Ontario healthcare workers is now 400,000 members strong:The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is proud to announce it has...
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Wall Street Tames The Rebellion?
Yun Li of CNBC reports the S&P 500 rises to another record Friday, rallies 4.7% in best week since November:U.S. stocks climbed on Friday, wrapping up a strong week on Wall Street as investors...
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PSP Investments Putting Profits Over People?
Richard Warnica of the Toronto Star reports that already controversial for its ownership of Revera, one of Canada’s largest pension plans has just announced a $700-million joint venture with an...
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World’s Top-Performing Hedge Funds of 2020
Nishant Kumar of Bloomberg reports these are the world’s top-performing hedge funds of 2020:Tiger Global Management placed first in a world hedge-fund ranking and quant powerhouse Renaissance...
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OTPP Should Stop Investing in 'Climate Failure'?
Two Ontario teachers, Teri Burgess and Natasha Bartels, wrote an op-ed for the Tonto Star imploring the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to stop investing their money in climate failure:As Ontario...
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CPP Investments Gains 5.1% Net in Q3 Fiscal 2021
Niket Nishant of Reuters reports that Canada's CPPIB Q3 net assets rise to C$475.7 billion:The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) said on Thursday it ended the third quarter with net assets...
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Another Commodities Supercycle?
Yun Li of CNBC reports stocks inch higher Friday, closing out a positive week:U.S. stocks finished marginally higher on Friday to set another round of record closes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Bill Gates' Message to Pensions on How to Avoid a Climate Disaster?
Bill Gates appeared on CBS 60 Minutes last night to discuss how the world can avoid a climate disaster:Bill Gates helped usher in the digital revolution at Microsoft, and has spent the decades since...
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AIMCo's 2021 Long-Term Asset Class Forecast
AIMCo released its 2021 long-term asset class forecast:AIMCo is anticipating a robust economic rebound in the next couple of years before growth rates settle back towards long-term trends. That’s the...
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Canada's Pensions Expand Their Global Real Estate
Florence Chong of I&PE Real Assets reports that APG-backed Greystar Australian multifamily fund raises A$1.3bn:Greystar has raised A$1.3bn (€830m) for the Greystar Australia Multifamily Venture...
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Doubling Down on Private Debt Amid the Pandemic?
Tom Arnold and Saeed Azhaar of Reuters report that sovereign wealth funds and pension funds double down on private debt amid pandemic:Sovereign wealth and public pension funds are bolstering their...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2020
Wayne Duggan of Benzinga reports on the Q4 13F roundup, going over how Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman and others adjusted their portfolios at the end of last year:The latest round of 13F filings from...
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Mark Wiseman on How the World Can Learn From Canada's Pension Model
Mark Wiseman, AIMCo's Chair wrote a comment for BNN Bloomberg on how the world can learn from Canada's pension model:Chief among the many challenges brought on by COVID-19 is the acceleration of the...
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Leo de Bever on Commercializing Promising Technologies
AIMCo's former CEO and now Chair of Nautical Energy and Cachet Capital, Leo de Bever, sent me a guest comment on commercializing promising technologies (added emphasis is mine):In your blog comment on...
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PSP Investments Investing in US Private Prisons?
Richard Warnica of the Toronto Star reports Canada’s largest public sector pension recently invested millions in two US private prison giants — less than two years after CPP got out of the sector:A...
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OMERS Loses 2.7% in 2020
Paula Sambo of Bloomberg News reports OMERS has worst loss since 2008 on bad COVID bets:Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, posted its worst result...
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Abrupt Change of Guard at CPP Investments
Last night, The Canadian Press reported CPPIB head Machin gets COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai:The head of Canada's largest pension fund received a COVID-19 vaccination while on a "very personal" trip to...
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CDPQ Gains 7.7% in 2020
Rob Kozlowski of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ returns 7.7% in 2020:Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Montreal, returned a net 7.7% on its investments in 2020 and reported net assets...
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CDPQ Makes Big Infrastructure Investments in Indonesia and Brazil
Freight Week reports DPW and CDPQ sign Maspion agreement: DP World alongside its partner Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, today signed a long-term agreement...
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Fully Funded OPTrust Gains 8.9% in 2020
Today, OPTrust released a statement that it remains fully funded for a 12th consecutive year:OPTrust today released its 2020 Funded Status Report, Taking Care, which details the Plan’s financial...
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