CDPQ

FIS Harvard 2025

‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline

Policy uncertainty over issues such as US tariffs put investors in uncharted territory, but the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that one guiding principle at such moments is not to make big, risky bets.

Darcy SongJune 3, 2025

FIS Singapore 2025

Why the energy transition won’t die with Trump 2.0

Despite the uptick in anti-ESG sentiment that’s come with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, large institutional investors are certain that innovations in transition technology will continue and that the broader world has not changed course on the journey to decarbonisation.

Darcy SongApril 4, 2025

News

CDPQ balances equity gains with real estate woes

Equity and infrastructure drove gains at C$473 billion ($329 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, but “persistent headwinds” in real estate allocation given the fund’s above benchmark exposure to US offices in poorly performing cities New York and Chicago dragged down performance in 2024.

Sarah RundellMarch 18, 2025

InFocus

Why taking care of business means taking care of nature first

As universal owners, pension funds can’t diversify away from the risk that biodiversity loss poses to the companies they invest in. A global, co-ordinated effort to push for better policy settings is underway, and a growing number of investors are recognising that halting and reversing biodiversity loss is an issue that demands immediate

Simon HoyleJanuary 6, 2025

FIS Toronto 2024

Managing the multiple drivers of long-term investing

For asset owners to stay the course of a long-term investing view, not only do their investment teams need to be behind the objective, but also their board and external managers. Or investors might find themselves fighting an uphill battle in a market where short-termism is prevalent.

Darcy SongJune 13, 2024

Manager Relationships

CDPQ’s two-way street of efficient external manager relations

Like all good long-term relationships, external fund manager partnerships should be steeped in trust, open dialogue, patience and new ideas. Mario Therrien, head of funds at CDPQ explains the key to external partnership success and the important role external managers play in plugging knowledge gaps.

Amanda WhiteOctober 6, 2023