Third-Quarter Highlights:
10-year annualized net return of 10.8%
TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2021 /CNW/ - Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) ended its third quarter of fiscal 2021 on December 31, 2020, with net assets of $475.7 billion, compared to $456.7 billion at the end of the previous quarter.
The $19.0 billion increase in net assets for the quarter consisted of $23.0 billion in net income after all CPP Investments costs less $4.0 billion in net Canada Pension Plan (CPP) outflows. CPP Investments routinely receives more CPP contributions than required to pay benefits during the first part of the calendar year, partially offset by benefit payments exceeding contributions in the final months of the year.
CPP Investments Fund UK Platform to Buy Finnish Wind Farms from OX2
Posted on 01/07/2021
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) committed up to €245 million to its U.K.-based platform – Renewable Power Capital Limited (RPC), in support of RPC’s first investment in European renewables. RPC was launched by CPP Investments in December 2020. According to the press release, “RPC has committed to acquire a 100% interest in a portfolio of three windfarms from OX2. OX2 will construct the wind farms under a tailored EPC contract and will, once commissioned, be responsible for the technical and commercial management of the wind farms. When all three wind farms are operational as planned in 2022, the portfolio is expected to produce close to 590 GWh per year, equivalent to the electricity consumption of approximately 118,000 households.”
CPPIB Pumps $850 Million Into Hard Assets, Sensing Market Froth The Canadian pension fund formed a joint venture with Greystar Real Estate Partners for multifamily development in the U.S. Bloomberg | Jan 08, 2021
(Bloomberg) Canada’s largest pension plan is expanding its holdings of hard assets, plowing around $850 million into property, wind farms and logistics facilities to kick off the year.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has formed a joint venture with Greystar Real Estate Partners to pursue multifamily real estate development opportunities in target markets in the U.S., it said in a statement Thursday. The pension fund is investing $350 million to the joint venture for a 90% stake, and Greystar is adding $39 million for the remaining 10%. Greystar will manage and operate the portfolio on behalf of the joint venture.
See Why Sovereign Wealth Funds are Betting on Clean Tech
Posted on 12/24/2020
2021 is approaching and sovereign wealth funds are increasingly taking a deeper look into ESG investing and sustainable investments, particularly in renewable energy. Despite the gloomy coronavirus lockdowns, sovereign wealth funds continue to allocate mounds of capital into clean tech investments. Sovereign investors are backing both new green technologies, while supporting large-scale solar and wind power plants. Even though the majority of European and Gulf-based sovereign wealth funds derive their wealth from fossil fuels, there is a greater need for them to diversify into alternative energy as low oil prices continue to toil. Low oil prices have deeply impacted the budgets of Gulf economies, forcing them faster to rethink their old ways of doing things. For example, Saudi Arabia was forced to lower its budget plan for 2021 by 7% from this year’s. This was due to the coronavirus lockdowns, which imp