28th April, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s brainchild Canada Strong Fund is not Canada’s answer to Norway’s US$2 trillion Government Pension Fund Global - it is a different kind of sovereign vehicle, a leaner federal equity investor for a deficit-running economy that wants to turn public capital into ownership stakes in strategic domestic assets.
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5th March, 2026
The Canadian-Australian Pension Funds Investment Initiative (CAP Invest) brings together nine Australian superannuation funds and investment platforms and nine Canadian public pension organisations in a framework intended to facilitate dialogue with governments and encourage cross-border investment.
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18th June, 2025
It’s official: Ivanhoé Cambridge, the iconic real estate arm of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), is being absorbed into its parent.
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24th April, 2025
For more than two decades, Canada’s public pension funds were trailblazers of the global private equity scene.
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8th April, 2025
In a move that consolidates its role as a leading foreign institutional investor in Brazil, CDPQ, the Canadian pension giant, has announced a landmark acquisition through its power transmission platform Verene Energia.
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16th January, 2025
Canadian pension funds are facing fierce criticism over their billion-dollar stakes in global gas infrastructure, with climate advocates like Shift: Action for Pension Wealth labeling these investments as high-risk and out of step with the accelerating energy transition.
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22nd November, 2024
The charging of three ex-employees of Canadian pension giant CDPQ by US authorities over a bribery scheme involving Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and Indian government officials creates a new twist in the strained relationship between Canada and India.
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2nd August, 2024
The C$434 billion (US$322 billion) Québecois public pension fund manager CDPQ stands out from peers for its mission to invest in the provincial economy, giving it a strategic approach more akin to a sovereign wealth fund.
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1st August, 2024
PSP Investments manages the pensions of the members of the public sector pension plans of the federal public service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Reserve Force. In March 2023, PSP was also appointed as the investment manager of the newly established CA$ 15 billion (US$ 10.8 billion) Canada Growth Fund mandated to help Canada speed up the deployment of clean technologies. PSP has maintained an impressive performance in the past decade, and we were delighted to speak with its CIO, Mr. Eduard Van Gelderen, about the fund’s strategy and objectives.
1st June, 2024
HOOPP is the pension plan for Ontario healthcare workers and has one of the highest funding ratios and performance, in terms of alpha, over the past ten years. This is largely in part to its unique portfolio approach and focus on liquidity management, which has allowed the fund to outperform its peers. We had the pleasure of speaking with HOOPP CEO, Mr. Jeff Wendling, about the fund’s past successes, current strategy, and future objectives.
16th April, 2024
PSP Investments’ acquisition of around 8,000 hectares of farmland in New South Wales is an example of a tide of capital by Canadian state-owned investors in Australia’s vast agricultural sector.
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13th March, 2024
Ontario Teachers’ disappointing return of 1.9% in 2023 represents a negative value add of C$15.8 billion, dragged down by poor performance in real estate and infrastructure.
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