Sentences with phrase «canadian pension investment»

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«Boards spend an extraordinary amount of time looking in the rear - view mirror,» says Mark Wiseman, CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and a vocal critic of director myopia.

The answer, suggest institutional investors like Mark Wiseman, CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, is to align pay to longer industry and product cycles, and to use restricted stock units (rather than stock options) that vest over time — even after the CEO retires — pushing executives to think seriously about what happens after they're gone.

About $ 30 billion of the increase was due to investments and $ 5.7 billion came from excess contributions paid to the pension plan by working Canadians and their employers outside of Quebec.

Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against much bigger investors in the global market such as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of investments.

While government workers have gold - plated pensions often starting at age 55 and many employed Canadians have employer - matched RRSPs, the small business owner is counting on the value of the business — including any investments owned by the corporation — for his or her retirement.

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Many infrastructure projects could be financed by Canadian pension funds, many of which are underfunded, struggling and would love to have investments with almost guaranteed 7 % to 9 % yields in their portfolios.

Ultimately, Government of Canada marketable securities are mostly held by Canadians, and can be found in retail and institutional investment portfolios, insurance and pension funds, as well as a variety of other investment vehicles.

Other Canadian pension funds have also been actively seeking real estate investments of late as a way to generate predictable returns amid a low interest rate market.

«For us, it's an opportunity to gain significant exposure to the middle - market lending space,» said Mark Jenkins, global head of private investment at Canada Pension, which manages $ 264 billion on behalf of 18 million Canadians.

As part of an ongoing study, Dalbar Canada, a leading financial services research firm, is gathering feedback from Canadian retail investors for the purpose of improving the content and design of financial investment statements (including RSP, pension, non-registered account statements, insurance etc) commonly used by Canadians.

Because he has a reliable pension, he can afford to take more risk with his other investments by putting 70 % in Canadian, U.S. and international equities, and the rest in bonds.

Doug has over two decades of investment experience at major Canadian financial institutions managing insurance and pension fund assets.

National Investment Roundtable Straight talk on the issues that concern Canadian defined benefit pension plan sponsors Spring 2016

Continuing to contribute may provide a good «return on investment» in particular for conservative investors, those who expect a long life expectancy or married Canadians whose spouse is younger or who won't receive the full CPP retirement pension themselves.

Many Canadian pension sponsors still exclusively use DBRS ratings in their investment policy statements for credit rating constraints.

For the practical and investment policy reasons of liquidity and implementation, we think it is likely that pension plans and their investment managers will invest in the Canadian dollar issues of foreign issuers.

CPPIB, which manages investments for the Canadian Pension Plan, chalked up some of the gains to the scorching pace of international stock markets last year (as of the end of the quarter, 30.5 per cent of its assets were foreign public equity, totalling $ 102.7 billion).

She has worked in the investor education and financial literacy fields for over a decade and currently runs a successful communications consultancy where she works closely with leaders in the Canadian investment and pension industry.

In addition, Caroline is also active in the pension space as editor of the pension research publication, Canadian Investment Review and she writes a regular blog on ETFs for Benefits Canada magazine.

So, despite the overwhelming academic evidence that active management is — to use Coyne's delightfully derogatory term — a «crock,» why then is the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) taking a flyer on Canadians» collective retirement funds?

The firm found 30 % of Canadians are not aware of how long their savings, pension and investments will support their desired level of retirement income.

The taxpayer wanted to know if she could ignore the average annual rate for the year and use the actual exchange rates she received from her bank when she deposited her foreign pension and investment income into her Canadian bank account.

Just over a decade ago, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) was asked whether a taxpayer was required to use the Bank of Canada annual average exchange rate to convert pension and investment income to Canadian dollars.

Whether they wish to augment these retirement income with a modest company pension, some part - time income from a side hustle or investments in the stock market, Canadians have discovered a lot of ways they can mix and match their retirement options to shape the kind of «retirement» they will ultimately be happy with.

«A key factor in the decision that we and CPPIB made to invest in Petco last year was its strong bench of leadership talent to drive future growth,» said Cameron Breitner, a partner at CVC Capital Partners (CVC), which — along with the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board — acquired Petco in $ 4.6 billion deal last year.

Canadian infrastructure giant Enbridge has sold C$ 1.75 bn ($ 1.35 bn) of renewable energy assets to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) via a joint venture created by the two that will target European offshore wind investments.

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Often special purpose entities — established for the purpose of addressing these issues — are created to facilitate the investment by Canadian pension plans.

Assisting Canadian pension funds Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan and Public Sector Pension Investment Board to acquire a stake in a portfolio of renewable energy projects from Banco Santander in Mexico, Brazil and Upension funds Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan and Public Sector Pension Investment Board to acquire a stake in a portfolio of renewable energy projects from Banco Santander in Mexico, Brazil and UPension Plan and Public Sector Pension Investment Board to acquire a stake in a portfolio of renewable energy projects from Banco Santander in Mexico, Brazil and UPension Investment Board to acquire a stake in a portfolio of renewable energy projects from Banco Santander in Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay.

The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board has also been building its interest in the food sector, demonstrating that it is seen as a strategic investment area, saysInvestment Board has also been building its interest in the food sector, demonstrating that it is seen as a strategic investment area, saysinvestment area, says Knibutat.

Pension funds such as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, which have a combined $ 581 - billion (Canadian) under management, have been among the most active investors in Manhattan.