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Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... to strengthen investment decision-making. Issuing a joint statement for the first time, the chief executives of AIMCo, BCI, CPP Investments, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), HOOPP, OMERS, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and PSP Investments ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... failed to disclose an affair with a colleague. Wiseman joined BlackRock in September 2016 after spending more than a decade at CPP Investments, a Canadian fund manager, where he served as president and chief executive for four of those years. He now ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Back in pre-coronavirus days, the thought that the Chinese economy would slow below the government's target of around 6.0% was enough to send chills down the spine of many investors and businesses. If memory serves me right, there were even forecasts ...

Lendlease, Canadian pension fund expand partnership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Lendlease and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) have announced a $155 million agreement to invest in a new building in South London. In 2018 the Australian property giant and CPP Investments committed to a $2.6 billion Build-to-Rent ...

Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
A Canadian pension fund managing more than C$350 billion made its first Australian real estate debt investment with a $19 billion local asset manager. CPPIB Credit Investments - a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 ...

Pension fund becomes green lender

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
A $470 billion pension fund is set to issue its inaugural green bond, providing additional funding to increase its own green holdings. Claiming to be the first pension fund to do so, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) described the issuance ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Several global institutional investors representing more than $7 trillion in assets have joined with the Canadian government to invest in gender equality and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets. In partnership with the Canadian government ...

Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
A Canadian pension fund, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and a global private equity giant have purchased a stake in Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
First, the good news: The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) latest update on the country's labour market confirmed the continued strengthening in the labour market. Total employment increased by 34,700 in the month of December -- more than twice ...

Lendlease and Canadian pension fund enter $2.6bn investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Australian property and infrastructure giant Lendlease and a $330 billion Canadian pension fund are committing to a $2.6 billion build-to-rent investment partnership in the UK. Lendlease's partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ...