Pensions
US Equities Buoy Canada Pension Plan’s 3.6% Return in Q2
The pension giant’s asset value rose to C$675.1 billion, as of the end of September.
Tag: Canada Pension Plan
Newsmakers
India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Names New CEO
Sanjiv Aggarwal will join the $5 billion sovereign-linked pension fund from U.K. investment firm Actis.
Pensions
Alberta Threatens Breakaway From Canada Pension Plan
Provincial leaders want more independence from the federal government and commissioned a report to study potential financial terms of a separate fund.
Asset Allocation
CPP Investments Increases Net Assets to $529 Billion at End of Second Quarter 2023
In Q2 2023, the CPP fund returned 0.2% while increasing total assets by $6 billion.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Pandemic Blots One Year’s Worth of Gains from Canadian Plans
Corporate, public, and university funds lost a median 7.23% in the first quarter from falling equities, BNY Mellon says.
Pensions
Head of Canada’s Largest Pension Warns Against Illiquid Assets
CPPIB CEO Mark Machin ‘rings the alarm bell’ about not being too invested in the asset class.
Newsmakers
Canada Launches Pension Enhancement Plan
Enhancement will increase benefits and contributions for working Canadians.
Newsmakers
Canada’s Largest Pension Fund Hits $326.5 Billion at Q1 Fiscal 2018
“Significant uplift” from global equity markets, strengthening Canadian dollar.