Canada

CANADA - The Canadian government is to lift the remaining investment restrictions on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).

CANADA - Organisations are posting significantly varied pension expense amounts, affecting their profits and taxes, according to a joint survey by Watson Wyatt Canada and Financial Executives International (FEI) Canada.

CANADA - OMERS, the C$35.9bn (US$16bn) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has scrapped plans to distribute part of its massive C$4bn (US$2.5bn) surplus amongst members and employers, due to the terrorist attack on New York.

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has awarded Borealis Capital and Paul Capital Partners private equity mandates worth a total of C$305m (US$194.4m).

CANADA - Canadian pension funds are investing more of their assets in foreign equities, according to a study conducted by Greenwich Associates.

CANADA - The Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM) has announced that it has rescheduled its annual conference for the second half of January or early February.

CANADA - The Canadian government and private sector must halt the trend towards early retirement if the country is to avoid a deepening skills shortage, according to economists at TD Bank.

CANADA - Investment house Schroder Investment Management has appointed Paul Easterbrook to head its Canadian arm in Toronto.

CANADA - Barclays Global Investors Canada's (BGIC) iUnits MSCI International Equity Index RSP Fund (iIntR) is to start trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) from 11, September.

CANADA - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP), Canada's biggest pension fund, has announced a major shake up of its operations, changes which see chairman and chief executive officer Jean-Claude Scraire taking a less active role in the management...