Pensions
CPPIB Commits $300 Million to Join IT Firm Buyout Deal
The Canadian pension fund would hold a 24% stake in tech consultant Virtusa after the transaction closes.
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Asset Management Culture
CPPIB Taps Edwin Cass as Pension Giant’s First CIO
Canadian fund also names Deborah Orida as head of real assets.
Alternatives
CPPIB Reinvests $235 Million into Japanese Warehouses
Canada’s largest pension fund and longtime partner, global asset manager GLP, continue expansion into the Asian nation’s real estate.
Alternatives
Top Canadian Pension Plan and US Apartment Operator to Build Brazilian Housing
The partners will invest up to $190 million in combined equity into the project.
Research
How COVID-19 Will Change the Investing Landscape
CPPIB says it’s critical for long-term investors to understand ‘generational shifts’ caused by the pandemic.
Asset Management Culture
Former Temasek Americas Head Boon Sim Joins CPPIB Board
The pension plan had been searching for an international director replacement since Jackson Tai retired last March.
Asset Management Culture
CPPIB Ex-Chief Mark Wiseman Named AIMCo Board Chair
The industry head joins the Alberta investment manager just as the province is considering seceding from the national plan.
Pensions
CPPIB Returns 3.1% in Fiscal 2020
Market downturn dampened strong first three quarters of the year for Canadian pension plan.
Asset Management Culture
Pattern Energy Calls Lawsuit Challenging CPPIB Acquisition a ‘PR Stunt’
Water Island Capital, which owns 4% of the firm, says the offer price is too low.
Pensions
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Posted Lackluster 3.6% Return in Third Quarter
Pension giant increases its net asset value to $318 billion.
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.
News
CPPIB Criticized for ‘Moral and Ecological Failure’ on Climate-Conscious Investing
Group finds portfolio Is far off from the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree limit, blames relationships in oil and gas industry.
Market Moves
Canada’s CPPIB Returns 2.3% in Q2 Fiscal 2020
Total asset value of fund rises to C$409.5 billion.
Alternatives
Top Canada Pension Plan Embraces Energy, Both Fossil Fuel and Not
CPPIB is plying the oil and gas sector for investment opportunities, as well as going into renewables.
Asset Allocation
Canada’s CPPIB Doubles Renewables Investment
Fund boosts renewable energy investments 100-fold since 2016.