James Bradshaw
The Globe and Mail
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan posts 4% annual return as rate-sensitive investments gain
The plan’s net assets increased to $247.2-billion in 2022 → Read More
Banking regulator to start daily monitoring of Canadian banks’ liquidity in wake of SVB failure
Frequent updates are a precautionary tool last used in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic → Read More
Echelon Wealth Partners plans merger with PI Financial to rival larger independent wealth managers
The Toronto- and Vancouver-based companies say they will create the country’s second-largest capital markets franchise that is not owned by a major bank → Read More
CPPIB joins forces with U.S. private equity firm to bid $12.4-billion for software maker Qualtrics
The proposal between Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Silver Lake would be one of the largest buyouts this year → Read More
OMERS reports $4.9-billion gain as private assets offset public-market losses
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System saw a 4.2% return in 2022 → Read More
Caisse posts 5.6% loss as pension giant stung by toughest market correction in decades
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec says its assets fell by nearly $18-billion last year as it wrestled with stock and bond market conditions → Read More
Fairfax’s fourth-quarter profit offsets investment losses from rising rates
The Toronto-based insurer and asset manager reported profit of US$1.98-billion, or US$78.33 per share, in the latest quarter → Read More
Brookfield Corp. plans acquisitions and share buybacks to bolster share price
Brookfield is betting recessionary pressures are likely to ease over the coming quarters → Read More
Thomson Reuters reports resilient Q4 results, keeps 2023 earnings outlook unchanged
The company’s fourth-quarter revenue increased 3 per cent to US$1.77-billion, and was 6 per cent higher excluding the drag caused by foreign currency fluctuations and the sale of assets → Read More
Pension fund OMERS names new head of Oxford Properties
Daniel Fournier, former head of rival Ivanhoe Cambridge, has been tapped as the executive chair of the fund’s real estate arm → Read More
Brookfield Asset Management quarterly profit dips 9.5% as economic challenges hit markets
The company says fee-related earnings increased nearly 8% in the fourth quarter while full-year profit rose 3% → Read More
Canada Pension Plan CEO John Graham predicts ‘alpha’ investors will outperform in the next decade
The era of passive investing is passing, John Graham says → Read More
Brookfield boosts bet on U.S. electrical transmission utility in US$3.5-billion deal
The deal is expected to close early 2024, at which point Brookfield will own 49.9 per cent of FirstEnergy Transmission with a total investment of US$5.9-billion → Read More
Head of CIBC’s innovation banking arm departs
Mark McQueen announced his plans to step down as president and executive managing director of CIBC Innovation Banking on his personal blog → Read More
OMERS names capital markets head as next chief investment officer
Ralph Berg will take over the post on April 1, succeeding Satish Rai → Read More
Pension funds suffer largest investment losses since 2008 financial crisis
Although pension plans earned positive returns to finish 2022, they are facing many of the same pressures in 2023 → Read More
National Bank CEO Laurent Ferreira preaches focus, discipline as rivals race to bulk up
The country’s sixth-largest lender will continue to be a superregional bank, anchored in Quebec with national reach → Read More
CIBC exec Laura Dottori-Attanasio, seen as potential successor for CEO job, exiting lender
Dottori-Attanasio is leaving the bank after 14 years to take a top job at a different firm → Read More
BMO announces deal with Georgian to give customers access to technology investing fund
Deal helps BMO build offerings for clients in alternative investments, opening up private assets once available solely to institutional and high-net-worth investors → Read More
Alberta pension manager AIMCo strikes deal with PSP after hiring away top executive
AIMCo has hired David Scudellari as a senior executive managing director, who’s now reporting to chief executive officer Evan Siddall → Read More