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How are institutional investors weighing the risks, opportunities of the energy transition?
BY Martha Porado | March 27, 2020
If climate change represents one of the largest systemic risks the global economy has ever faced, dealing with its ramifications is going to move a ...
Institutional investors increasing focus on renewables in infrastructure investments
BY Staff | March 26, 2020
When it comes to global infrastructure investments, Canadian pension funds are at the forefront. In fact, seven Canadian institutional investors made the list of the top ...
U.S. pensions eyeing probability of domestic recession
BY Staff | March 26, 2020
U.S. pension plan sponsors see a decent chance of a U.S. recession as a result of the spread of the coronavirus. Indeed, according to recent a ...
The impact of coronavirus on pension funding status, asset mix
BY Yaelle Gang | March 25, 2020
With asset deterioration due to drops in equity markets and a decrease in long-term government bond yields causing an increase in solvency liabilities, pension funds ...
Ontario Teachers’, partner acquire ownership stake in Australian water company
BY Benefits Canada Staff | March 25, 2020
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, alongside Morrison & Co. on behalf of the Utilities Trust of Australia, is acquiring the Infrastructure Fund’s ownership stake in ...
Private equity sees robust investment, boosted by buyout funds: report
BY Benefits Canada Staff | March 25, 2020
Worldwide private equity fundraising hit US$692 billion in 2019, surpassing the asset class’s peak in 2007. Private equity activity trended towards fewer but larger funds seeing commitments ...
HOOPP ready to weather market volatility after strong performance in 2019: CEO
BY Kelsey Rolfe | March 24, 2020
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan reported a strong 2019, posting a 17.14 per cent return for the year and hitting a funded status of 119 per cent on a ...
Recession may be inevitable, but for how long?
BY Martha Porado | March 24, 2020
Investors and economists around the world are drastically changing their forecasts as the world enters another week of disruption from the spread of the coronavirus. Indeed, ...
Is the U.S. dollar overvalued?
BY Yaelle Gang | March 24, 2020
The U.S. dollar is overvalued and, if history has any lessons for investors, it’s that the dollar is set for a multi-year fall, according to ...
Keep calm and stick to the plan: OPTrust CIO
BY Yaelle Gang | March 23, 2020
Although the markets are changing quickly due to the impacts of coronavirus, the OPSEU Pension Trust is a long-term investor and its overall investment strategy ...
