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      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

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      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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Caisse de depot increases local exposure

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested an additional C$800m ($813m) in Quebec-based companies and restructured its benchmark to give a greater weighting to local firms.

  • Equities
  • 15 March 2011
CPPIB injects capital into airline leasing company

IRELAND/CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and other investors will give airline leasing company AWAS an additional $529m to help it expand its fleet.

  • Canada
  • 11 March 2011
OMERS returns 12% in 2010

CANADA - Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) saw the value of its assets rise to $53.3bn in 2010, up from $47.8bn a year earlier.

  • Canada
  • 01 March 2011
Caisse de Depot has 14% return on infrastructure, equities

CANADA - Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada's biggest pension-fund manager, posted a 14% return on investment last year as it recorded gains in private equity, infrastructure, stocks and fixed income amid a rebound in global markets.

  • Canada
  • 25 February 2011
Canadian fund to buy 50% of Europe's biggest retail centre

CANADA - Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has agreed to buy a 50% stake in Europe's largest retail complex, CentrO near Dusseldorf, Germany, for about €700m ($949m), according to three people with knowledge of the transaction.

  • Canada
  • 18 February 2011
CPPIB hits C$140bn in assets

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reached C$140.1bn ($141bn) in the quarter ended December 31 after a return on investments of 3%.

  • Canada
  • 10 February 2011
Canada funds return to pre-crisis levels

CANADA - Strong returns from domestic equities have helped Canadian pension plans surge ahead of their pre-financial crisis levels of 2008, research by RBC Dexia Investor Services reveals.

  • Canada
  • 21 January 2011
Canada funds recover in Q4

CANADA - Strong stock market returns and a slight rebound in long-term federal bond yields in the fourth quarter allowed Canadian pension plans to make up for most of the losses incurred in Q2, figures from Mercer show.

  • Canada
  • 12 January 2011
Flaherty says finance ministers agree on pensions

CANADA - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he and his provincial counterparts have agreed to create "pooled pensions" which will make it easier for small companies and the self-employed to participate in registered pension plans.

  • Canada
  • 21 December 2010
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  • Canada
  • 17 December 2010
Caisse gives C$25m funding to energy firm

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has awarded C$25m ($24m) of financing to Riverbank Power following its merger with Symbiotics Energy.

  • Canada
  • 16 December 2010
Caisse may hire 10 people in private equity in 2011

CANADA - Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada's second biggest pension-fund manager, plans to boost staff at its private-equity unit by about 25% next year as it looks to increase investments in its home province.

  • Canada
  • 10 December 2010
Canadian funds see decline in Q2

CANADA - Employer-sponsored pension funds recorded their first decline in assets in more than a year in Q2, research shows.

  • Canada
  • 10 December 2010
TPR wins Nortel Lehman Bros court battle

UK/US/CANADA - A financial support direction issued by The Pensions Regulator against insolvent companies is an expense of the administration and must be complied with, the High Court has ruled.

  • United Kingdom
  • 10 December 2010
OTPP invests in Brazilian bank

CANADA - BTG Pactual has sold a $1.8bn stake to a group of international investors including the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP).

  • Canada
  • 07 December 2010
TPR to argue FSD should be treated as admin expense

UK/US/CANADA - The Pensions Regulator is expected to argue in the High Court today that a liability that flows from a financial support direction should be treated as an administration expense.

  • United Kingdom
  • 25 November 2010
APG, CPPIB partner to buy retail shops

CANADA/NETHERLANDS - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and APG have teamed up to buy a 50% in a Westfield Stratford City in London.

  • Canada
  • 22 November 2010
Intoll shareholders back CPPIB acquisition

AUSTRALIA/CANADA - Intoll shareholders have voted in favour of the company's A$3.5bn ($3.1bn) acquisition by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).

  • Australia
  • 18 November 2010
Caisse gives Fratzscher new advisor role

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Oliver Fratzscher as strategic advisor to the chief investment officer and the president and chief executive officer.

  • Canada
  • 12 November 2010
Ottawa shortfall C$65bn higher than previously thought

CANADA - Ottawa's unfunded pension obligations are C$65bn ($64bn) higher than previously calculated, a report shows.

  • Canada
  • 12 November 2010
CPP reports 6.6% investment return in Q2

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan reported a 6.6% return on its investments in Q2 on the back of strong performance by global equities.

  • Canada
  • 11 November 2010
State Street hired by Ontario safety board

CANADA - The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario hired State Street to provide custody, accounting, securities lending and investment analytics to C$15bn ($24.3bn) in assets.

  • Mandates
  • 05 November 2010
Canada's pension fund acquires German shopping centre

CANADA/GERMANY - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has teamed up with LaSalle Investment Management to buy Germany's Hürth Park shopping centre for €157.3m ($219.2m).

  • Canada
  • 01 November 2010
Canada funds up 7.3% over Q3

CANADA - Canadian pension funds saw assets rise 7.3% over the third quarter, buoyed by rallying global markets, research by RBC Dexia Investor Services shows.

  • Canada
  • 25 October 2010
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