North America

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).

US/CANADA - Searches for hedge fund managers and inflation-hedging strategies among North American institutions will dominate search activity in 2011, a new survey of consultants finds.

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.

Jay Cooper explores the myriad ways Canadian pension funds are implementing de-risking strategies

A new DC plan meant to cover the self-employed and those at small companies could eat away profits of other DC managers, as Jay Cooper reports

Canada's C$151.7bn Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec endured turbulent times during the credit crisis leading to chief executive officer Michael Sabia announcing a stronger risk management ethos to investment strategy in January 2010. Helen Morrissey...

CANADA - Opposition Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff has proposed a "gradual expansion" of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and pledged an extra C$700m ($720m) in annual payments to older people on low incomes.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.