Canada

CANADA - The CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund (OTPP) has criticised Bell Canada Enterprise's (BCE) board over its part in the recent buyout.

CANADA - An investor group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has purchased Canada's largest communications company, Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE), for C$51.7bn (US$48.5bn).

CANADA - The existence of underfunded defined benefit (DB) schemes in Canada is due to defects in the pensions model, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report.

CANADA/AUSTRALIA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is plotting to buy a significant stake in Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL).

CANADA - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been found guilty of a fundamental breach of trust towards its pension scheme members.

CANADA - Consultants and pension analysts have lambasted new accounting rules for

CANADA - The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) has purchased the New York Container Terminal on Staten Island as part of a US$2.4bn deal.

CANADA - Employers can now use pension surpluses to pay defined contribution (DC) holidays after the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) reversed most of a previous ruling from the Ontario Supreme Court (OSC).

CANADA - Strong equity performance and asset diversification have been credited with helping the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board grow to C$116.6BN.

CANADA - Public plans in Canada now possess the S factor: growing scale, imposing sophistication and the ability to attract smart professionals, according to Franklin Templeton Institutional.