{"id":20228,"date":"2020-11-16T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/cppib-posts-456-7-billion-in-fiscal-q2-appoints-new-senior-executive-152662"},"modified":"2020-11-16T15:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T20:00:56","slug":"cppib-posts-456-7-billion-in-fiscal-q2-appoints-new-senior-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/11\/16\/cppib-posts-456-7-billion-in-fiscal-q2-appoints-new-senior-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"CPPIB posts $456.7 billion in fiscal Q2, appoints new senior executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/131464917_123RF_GrowthChartGraph-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Copyright_Daniil Peshkov_123RF\" title=\"CPPIB posts $456.7 billion in fiscal Q2, appoints new senior executive\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 16, 2020 <\/p>\n<p>The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ended its second quarter of fiscal 2021 with net assets of $456.7 billion, up from $434.4 billion, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>The $22.3 billion increase in net assets for the quarter consisted of $21.6 billion in net income after all costs and $700 million in net&nbsp;CPP contributions.<\/p>\n<p>The fund, which includes the combination of the base CPP and additional CPP accounts, achieved 10-year and five-year annualized net nominal returns of 10.5 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively. For the quarter, the fund returned five per cent net of all CPPIB costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/cppib-sees-5-6-return-for-first-fiscal-quarter-148898\">CPPIB sees 5.6% return for first fiscal quarter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCPP Investments\u2019 diversified fund performed well this quarter, generating strong returns,\u201d said Mark Machin, president and chief executive officer at the CPPIB, in a press release. \u201cHowever, we continue to be cautious about the months ahead given the highly uncertain economic fallout of COVID-19 and its effect on markets. All of our investment departments generated positive returns this quarter. Our investment professionals continue to pursue opportunities that will bring value to the fund over the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fund\u2019s growth was primarily attributed to the continued recovery of global public equity markets in the first two months of the quarter, reflected in gains in both the fund\u2019s public and private holdings, noted the release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/cppib-appointing-first-chief-investment-officer-149696\">CPPIB appoints first chief investment officer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In other news, the CPPIB is appointing Frank Ieraci as senior managing director and global head of active equities, effectively immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the CPPIB nearly 14 years ago, he\u2019s held&nbsp;several positions, including managing director for head of research and portfolio strategy and active fundamental equities. Previously, he was an assistant portfolio manager in global active equities at the Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan and a senior analyst at BMO&nbsp;Nesbitt Burns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Frank\u2019s leadership, the active equities department will continue to help advance our long-term investment strategy and champion data-driven research and advanced analytics to improve long-term performance,\u201d said Machin in a release.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/cppib-posts-456-7-billion-in-fiscal-q2-appoints-new-senior-executive-152662\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 16, 2020 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ended its second quarter of fiscal 2021 with net assets of $456.7 billion, up from $434.4 billion, according to a new report. 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