CANADA - The Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board has defended its decision to invest in asset backed commercial paper (ABCP) and cited market confusion as an opportunity to make money.
CPP told its members it had taken its first positions in what it considered the less risky bank-sponsored ABCP market in September as investors pulled out of structured credit products. A statem...
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