13.01.2012 - Canada’s pension funds showing growing dominance
The investment, made by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in partnership with private equity, more than tripled in less than two years and marks the clearest sign to date that Canada’s once-staid pension funds have become a huge new force in a globalized market. Between them, CPPIB and four other big Canadian players control over half a trillion dollars in assets, about the size of the total Swiss economy and more than the US$410-billion managed by the Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp...............................................Full Article: Source
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