Coverage, charts, video and research on Pension Funds for universal owners.
BCI is British Columbia's largest pension and institutional asset manager, overseeing $224.2 billion across defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans. We examine its governance structure, investment approach, and impact on the Canadian pension landscape.
PSP Investments manages CA$233 billion for Canadian public sector employees. A detailed breakdown of its mandate, governance structure, and institutional role in North American pension capital allocation.
AIMCo is Canada's largest pension fund manager by AUM. We explain its governance structure, investment mandate, and role in Alberta's institutional capital ecosystem.
No approach to institutional investing has been more widely copied than the Canadian model. Here is how it works, why it outperformed, what stress it is under, and what it means for global capital.
Pension funds face a risk that is difficult to diversify away: members living longer than expected. A longevity swap is the primary financial tool for transferring that risk to an insurer or reinsurer.
South Korea's NPS crossed $997 billion in 2025 and is systematically shifting toward global equities and private markets. Here is how this third-largest pension fund in the world invests.
OMERS manages retirement savings for Ontario's municipal sector workers. Here is how it invests, what drove its 6% return in 2025, and how it differs from other Canadian pension giants.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan pioneered direct private market investing. Here is how the fund is structured, what changed in 2025, and why it remains a benchmark for pension fund management.
How CDPQ manages Quebec's collective savings, where it invests globally, and why it has become a blueprint for large-scale direct infrastructure and private markets investing.
The average large public pension fund now allocates 11–15% of assets to private markets. Understanding how pension funds access, structure and manage these allocations reveals the mechanics behind one of the most important capital flows in institutional investing.
ABP manages over €530 billion for 2.8 million Dutch public sector employees — making it Europe's largest pension fund and one of the ten biggest in the world. Its asset allocation is shifting sharply toward infrastructure and private equity ahead of a 2027 pension system overhaul.
How bulk annuities — buy-ins and buyouts — let defined benefit pension schemes offload risk to insurers, and why the UK market is heading for a record 2026.
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