Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s net assets have reached C$180.5 billion ($148.8 billion) as of June 30, 2017, a C$4.9 billion ($4.04 billion) increase from Dec. 31, 2016. The total-fund gross return was 3.7 percent (3.6 percent net of investment administrative expenses), reflecting C$6.4 billion ($5.3 billion) of income generated by investments.
The five- and 10-year gross returns as at Dec. 31, 2016, were 10.5 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively. Since its inception in 1990, the pension plan’s annualized gross return as at Dec. 31, 2016, was 10.1 percent.
Through the first half of 2017, Ontario Teachers’ continued to execute on its long-term strategy based on three pillars: total-fund returns, value-added (above benchmark) returns, and risk management. Key initiatives in this area include the launch of a department responsible for developing global investment relationships, and the centralization of trade and treasury functions to improve efficiency, suppor
