CPPIB earned 7.8% for year on boosts from stocks, energy and infrastructure investments
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) reported a 7.8% return for its latest fiscal year, driven by gains in stocks, energy, and infrastructure investments. Despite challenges from currency losses and a market favoring concentrated tech stocks, CPPIB's diverse investment strategy aims to ensure long-term returns for Canadian pensioners. The fund's total assets rose to $793.3 billion, bolstered by significant investment income and net transfers from the Canada Pension Plan.
- ▪CPPIB earned a 7.8% return in its latest fiscal year, ending March 31.
- ▪The fund's total assets increased to $793.3 billion, up from $714.4 billion a year earlier.
- ▪CPPIB's publicly traded stock portfolio gained 17.5% during the fiscal year.
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Open this photo in gallery:John Graham, chief executive at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, speaks at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's annual general meeting in Ottawa in a 2022 file photo.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountCanada Pension Plan Investment Board earned a 7.8-per-cent return in its latest fiscal year as income from stocks as well as energy and infrastructure assets carried the fund through a period of upheaval and exuberance.CPPIB’s 2026 fiscal year, which ended March 31, was bookended by the “Liberation Day” tariffs the United States imposed last April and the war in Iran it started early this year.
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