Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - CPPIB

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Created by an Act of Parliament in 1997, CPP Investments has grown the CPP Fund’s assets to help build a foundation for Canadians’ retirement security.

We made our first private market investment in 2001. A year later, CPP Investments’ governance model was recognized by the World Bank as an example for others to follow.

The CPP Fund is worth more than $400 billion today and is projected to surpass $1 trillion by 2032.

CPP Investments is recognized internationally as a leading example of sound pension plan management. We are independent of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), operate at arm’s length from federal and provincial governments and are guided by an independent highly qualified, professional Board of Directors.

Our Investment Programs
We pursue the best investment opportunities, globally and across asset classes, to achieve maximum returns without taking undue risk.

Our Investment Programs
We pursue the best investment opportunities, globally and across asset classes, to achieve maximum returns without taking undue risk.

Real Assets
Invests in commercial real estate, sustainable energies, infrastructure, and portfolio value creation.

Active Equities
Invests globally in public, and soon-to-be-public, companies, externally managed funds, as well as securities focused on long-horizon structural changes which can include earlier-stage private companies. Active Equities is comprised of seven groups: Active Fundamental Equities, Relationship Investments, Thematic Investing, Fundamental Equities Asia, Direct Equity Investments Latin America, Data Driven Investing as well as Portfolio Strategy and Operations.
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Capital Markets & Factor Investing
Invests assets globally in public equities, fixed income securities, currencies, commodities and derivatives, and manages the engagement of investment managers and co-investments in public market securities. CMF is also responsible for managing the Fund’s financing and trading needs. Our department consists of External Portfolio Management, Financing, Collateral & Trading, Active Macro, Quantitative Strategies & Risk Premia and the Research and Innovation Group.

Credit Investments
Provides debt-financing solutions across the entire credit structure for borrowers in all sectors. Credit Investments is comprised of six investment groups: Americas Leveraged Finance, Americas Structured Credit and Financials, APAC Credit, European Credit, Public Credit, and Real Assets Credit.

Our Investments
We are invested globally across public equities, private equities, bonds, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and other areas. We are committed to disclosing timely information about our investment activities.

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How We Invest
We pursue the best investing opportunities worldwide to meet our commitment to Canadians.

Total Fund Management
Ensures the investing activities of the organization collectively produce a total portfolio that maximizes long-term returns without taking undue risk. TFM articulates CPP Investments’ investment objectives, designs the Investment Portfolios, directs the investment activity of active programs, and systematically deploys the balancing programs in order to manage Fund’s exposures, leverage, and liquidity over all horizons.

Our overarching purpose is to assist the Canada Pension Plan in meeting its obligations to Canadian contributors and beneficiaries. To enable this, Canadian governments created a unique governance model allowing Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to operate as a professional investment organization with a commercial, investment-only mandate.

As outlined in the CPPIB Act, the assets of the Fund are managed in the best interest of the Canadian contributors and beneficiaries who participate in the Canada Pension Plan. These assets are strictly segregated from government funds.

The CPPIB Act has safeguards against any political interference. CPP Investments operates at arm’s length from federal and provincial governments with the oversight of an independent, highly qualified professional Board of Directors. CPP Investments’ management reports not to governments, but to the CPP Investments’ Board of Directors. The CPP Investments’ Board approves investment policies, determines with management the organization’s strategic direction and makes critical operational decisions.

The CPPIB Act holds our Board of Directors and management accountable for their performance under a rigorous public accountability regime which includes accountability to the federal and provincial Finance Ministers who serve as the stewards of the CPP.

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Our Leadership
CPP Investments’ leadership team is comprised of top-tier professionals in their fields. It is united by a sense of responsibility to our mandate and a commitment to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism.
We are led by a Senior Management Team that includes the President and CEO, the heads of each of our investment departments, our head of International, our Chief Financial and Risk Officer, our Chief Operating Officer, our Chief Investment Strategist, the leader of our Public Affairs and Communications department, our Chief Talent Officer and our General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.

They, along with our full Leadership team are responsible for the overall strategic direction of the organization – and are accountable for developing and implementing our long-term active management strategy and for our overall operations. They are also looked to as anchoring our values-based culture, which views our guiding principles of integrity, partnership and high performance as paramount in how we conduct our business.

The selection of our leadership reflects our fundamental belief that talented professionals can leverage our comparative advantages to ultimately add value to the Fund.