Newsmakers
CPP Investments Names Ben Meng as Head of Investment Portfolio Management
The former CalPERS CIO joins from Franklin Templeton.
Tag: CPP Investments
Pensions
Climate Advocacy Group Rates Canada’s Largest Pensions
From CDPQ’s B+ all the way down to AIMCo’s F, Shift graded Canadian pension funds on their decarbonization efforts—or lack thereof.
Pensions
CPP Investments Assets Reach $490B After Big Quarterly Gain
Canada’s largest pension fund returned 3.8% last quarter and has returned 8.6% over the nine-month fiscal year-to-date period.
Pensions
CPP Investments Forms $789M Industrial Real Estate Joint Venture
The partnership with Bridge Industrial will ‘target the acquisition and/or development of modern industrial facilities in supply-constrained markets across the U.S.’
Asset Allocation
NBIM Acquires $1B Stake in Logistics Portfolio From CPP Investments
NBIM takes a 45% interest in a 48-building U.S. portfolio, while the Canadian Pension Plan separately divested from a real estate joint venture in China.
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.
Asset Allocation
Consortium Including CPP Investments, EQT, Neuberger Berman Acquires Private School Network
The transaction for Nord Anglia Education will value the day and boarding school system at $14.5 billion.
Pensions
CPP Investments Makes Additional C$532M Commitment to Brazilian Water Company
The Canadian pension fund previously owned a 61.4% stake in Iguá Saneamento.
Asset Allocation
CPPIB, Blackstone Acquire Australian Data Center Operator
The duo will purchase AirTrunk from a consortium of investors.
Asset Allocation
CPP Investments Returns 8% in Fiscal 2024
Net assets rose to $462.66 billion in the period ending March 31.
Pensions
CPP Investments Consolidates Wind Energy Investments
UK-based Reventus Power will consolidate the on and offshore investments of the pension fund.
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.
Newsmakers
OMERS Names CPPIB’s Michael Hill Head of Infrastructure
Hill was most recently managing director and head of the sustainable energies group at Canada’s largest pension 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.
Corporate Moves
Investment Management Corp. of Ontario Taps Rossitsa Stoyanova as CIO
The current head of portfolio design and construction at CPPIB will oversee nearly $60 billion in assets.