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UK/ CANADA - Last week's passage of the Ontario budget gave approval for the Nortel pension plan to put through what could be North America's first pension buyout. Ronald Olsen, vice president at Sibson Consulting, who assisted the plan with its proposal,...

CANADA/GERMANY/US - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has acquired holdings in a string of shopping centres in Germany and the US.

CANADA - The United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Plan has hired RBC Dexia Investor Services as custodian for its multi-employer pension plan.

Despite delivering strong investment returns during 2010 the C$107bn ($112.6bn) Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan continues to face a C$17.2bn funding shortfall. Helen Morrissey speaks to OTPP's president and CEO Jim Leech about how the plan is addressing...

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has consolidated its real estate subsidiaries under the banner of the Ivanhoe Cambridge Group.

CANADA - The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) returned 13.68% in 2010, ending the year with C$35.7bn ($37.3bn) in net assets.

CANADA - The Public Sector Pension Investment Board and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation have agreed to acquire TimberWest Forest Corp for C$1.03bn ($1.07bn).

CANADA - Canadian private pension funds have hit a "tipping point" with more than half converting defined benefit plans to defined contributions for current or future employees, a Towers Watson survey found.

CANADA - The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan added C$13.3bn ($13.9bn) in investment income in 2010, the highest in its history, but continues to face severe funding woes.