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SNC Lavalin announces 407 deal with OMERS a no-go
BY Staff | May 21, 2019
In April, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s infrastructure arm signed an agreement with SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. to buy a 10.01 per cent stake in ...
Saudi Arabia to join MSCI emerging markets index
BY Staff | May 21, 2019
As of close of business on May 28, some Saudi Arabian stocks will be included in the MSCI Inc.’s emerging markets and ACWI indexes as ...
UTAM pension portfolio returns negative 1.6% in 2018
BY Staff | May 21, 2019
In a challenging year for global equity markets, with fixed income returns below average, the University of Toronto Asset Management Corp.’s pension portfolio returned a ...
Institutional investors support anti-extremism effort in wake of Christchurch attack
BY Benefits Canada Staff | May 21, 2019
A group of 55 New Zealand and global institutional investors representing more than NZ$5 trillion in assets under management have added their support to the ...
PIAC disappointed ESG, gender diversity, say-on-pay missing from OSC proposed priorities
BY Staff | May 17, 2019
The Pension Investment Association of Canada has written to the Ontario Securities Commission noting its disappointment that the OSC’s proposed 2019-2020 statement of priorities didn’t ...
CPPIB returns 8.9% in 20th year investing, first year with additional contributions
BY Staff | May 16, 2019
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board returned a net annual 8.9 per cent at fiscal 2019 year-end, with assets increasing by $35.9 billion to $392 ...
OPTrust highlights climate change, gender diversity in report
BY Benefits Canada Staff | May 15, 2019
The OPSEU Pension Trust is highlighting its responsible investing efforts in its fourth yearly report. The report’s key themes included the pension fund’s focus on better measuring its ...
CAPSA issues guidance on using annuity quotes for solvency or hypothetical windup liabilities
BY Yaelle Gang | May 15, 2019
Generally, when a pension plan goes through a solvency or hypothetical windup valuation, the actuaries will value some of the expected liabilities as commuted lump-sum ...
Trends in factor investing
BY Yaelle Gang | May 14, 2019
While factor investing isn’t new, the way investors are accessing and using factors is changing, says Mark Carver, global head of factor index products at ...
2019 Top 40 Money Managers Report: Investment lessons for DC plans from their DB parents
BY Martha Porado | May 14, 2019
While defined benefit plans are traditionally known for their paternalism, defined contribution pensions represent the next generation. Learning from their parents’ years of investment experience, ...
