Canada

CANADA - The C$2.5bn (US$1.7bn) City of Montreal Pension Fund has introduced several new classes to its asset allocation mix, following an asset liability study (ALS) conducted by Watson Wyatt.

CANADA - The Compass Group has won a C$154m (US$100m) hedge fund mandate from the C$125bn (US$82bn) Quebec based pension fund, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP).

CANADA - The C$2.6bn (US$1.7bn) Montreal-based Abitibi-Consolidated Pension Fund has put its proposed asset liability study (ALS) off until February 2002, according to the fund's pensions director, Larry Johnson.

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has awarded two private equity mandates to Clairvest Group and General Motors Investment Management, worth a total of C$217m (US$140m).

CANADA - OMERS, the C$35.9bn (US$16bn) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is set to purchase Oxford Properties Group in a C$1.5bn (US$968m) deal.

CANADA - The Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) has appointed Katherine Catton as vice-president and general counsel.

CANADA - Johnny Quigley, controller of the C$2.5bn (US$1.7bn) City of Montreal Pension Fund is leaving his post at the fund at the end of the week.

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has appointed Donald Raymond, Goldman Sachs Investment Management's former vice president, as its new vice president - public market investments.

CANADA - The CPP Investment Board in Canada has reported positive investment returns for the first quarter of fiscal 2002, a dramatic turnaround from the losses incurred at the end of the previous fiscal year.