Canada’s pension funds ditch Chinese private equity
CDPQ and OTPP have no plans to return to the sector, following a pull-out earlier in the year. These moves come after a sharp acceleration in China allocations by Canada's institutional investors over the past decade.
Canada’s leading pension funds have no plans for private equity investing in China, following a withdrawal from the sector earlier this year.
“We paused private investments for some time already – and have focused on liquid markets, which is the majority of our two per cent total portfolio exposure to China. We expect this trend to continue,” a spokesperson for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the C$400bn ($294bn) group that manages several public pensions and insu…
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