Canada

CANADA - Nearly three quarters of Canadian investment managers said their clients do not direct them on how to vote their proxies, a new survey found.

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) reported a growth in assets of C$100m (US$94.7m) for the last three months of 2009 as cash outflow to pay benefits offset strong investment returns.

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has poured C$400m (US$375m) into a private equity fund of funds that will invest in Canadian small-mid sized companies.

CANADA - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will focus on generating returns in line with its liabilities and simplify the schemes investments as it tries to recover from the financial crisis, its chief executive said.

CANADA - The global stock market rally helped Canadian schemes claw back most of their 2008 losses, a survey showed.

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has partnered with investor Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins (CRCD) to invest a total of C$600m (US$573m) between the two in small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).

CANADA - Global Pensions invites readers to save the date for the Currency Management Forum Toronto 2010 to discuss how pension funds can make the most of the unique currency environment.

CANADA - Canada's financial stability could be at risk by the discovery that current methods of accounting for public sector pension obligations may have been understating their true costs by C$58bn (US$56.3bn), a think tank said.

GLOBAL - A strong majority of global pension fund investors believe active managers have the ability to deliver alpha, a new survey by Pyramis Global Advisors found.

CANADA - The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has led a group of investors in the acquisition of American International Group's (AIG) Canadian mortgage insurance business, OTPP said.