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CDPQ

Canada

Created in 1965 to manage the funds of the Québec Pension Plan, a newly created universal pension plan, CDPQ’s current role is to manage investments on behalf of most of Québec’s public and parapublic pension and insurance funds. CDPQ manage the funds of over 6 million Quebecers.

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CDPQ

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Overall	87	3	77	12	63	32	74	14	56	45	42	64	49	54	47	57	47	57	81	7	82	6	83	4	88	2	81	7	74	14	52	50	51	52	57	43	58	40	53	48	52	50	39	68	49	54	43	61	66	29	67	27	61	38	57	43	54	47	64	31	63	32	63	32	58	40	46	60	66	29	38	69	35	72	40	65	51	52	35	72	40	65	37	71	25	74	11	75	73	16	77	12	81	7	72	18	73	16	89	1	55	46	70	23	43	61	40	65	47	57	43	61	58	40	63	32	63	32	78	10	67	27	72	18	69	24	72	18	69	24	78	10	59	39	63	32	53	48	68	26	83	4	72	18	48	56	38	69	71	22
Cost	69	11	67	15	55	34	69	11	58	26	45	47	58	26	55	34	45	47	64	17	69	11	65	16	90	3	68	14	73	9	57	30	54	38	60	22	55	34	56	33	53	40	45	47	59	24	55	34	57	30	37	59	34	61	24	67	41	54	23	68	39	58	26	65	26	65	14	73	50	42	37	59	30	62	29	63	54	38	7	75	15	71	20	69	18	70	13	74	73	9	76	7	93	1	76	7	81	4	91	2	15	71	51	41	28	64	41	54	40	57	47	46	45	47	50	42	50	42	64	17	50	42	60	22	58	26	57	30	42	51	77	6	42	51	63	19	59	24	61	21	79	5	58	26	42	51	41	54	63	19
Governance	100	1	95	7	90	14	92	12	64	50	42	68	63	53	61	55	72	39	95	7	97	4	100	1	100	1	96	5	84	23	47	66	54	62	64	50	53	63	69	44	68	45	57	59	71	42	57	59	94	10	95	7	72	39	82	26	71	42	82	26	74	36	87	21	77	32	58	58	64	50	39	70	41	69	50	65	53	63	37	72	73	37	62	54	43	67	11	75	72	39	75	35	77	32	67	47	76	34	89	16	83	25	81	28	65	49	39	70	59	57	66	48	84	23	80	29	89	16	88	18	79	30	92	12	90	14	88	18	96	5	88	18	73	37	79	30	60	56	56	61	93	11	68	45	30	74	34	73	87	21
Performance	90	5	65	32	64	36	84	13	62	38	43	66	66	30	63	37	61	42	88	9	90	5	92	4	89	8	85	11	77	19	52	55	49	60	69	26	60	45	49	60	59	51	39	69	49	60	53	54	42	67	61	42	68	27	60	45	41	68	65	32	67	29	62	38	60	45	61	42	85	11	51	56	51	56	72	23	75	21	24	74	39	69	49	60	25	73	21	75	60	45	68	27	75	21	66	30	62	38	95	1	48	64	94	2	33	72	38	71	45	65	60	45	59	51	76	20	82	16	82	16	60	45	65	32	62	38	71	24	65	32	70	25	59	51	51	56	51	56	83	14	93	3	90	5	87	10	80	18	83	14
Responsible Investment	85	11	78	27	53	47	61	41	46	51	45	52	15	69	15	69	17	67	87	8	81	22	88	7	84	14	84	14	72	35	59	43	54	45	42	55	73	32	44	53	34	59	19	66	22	63	11	72	80	25	84	14	77	29	71	36	70	37	93	3	81	22	85	11	78	27	57	44	73	32	32	60	22	63	12	71	29	61	77	29	39	56	22	63	17	67	3	73	94	1	87	8	89	5	89	5	84	14	94	1	84	14	65	40	53	47	48	50	37	57	3	73	54	45	44	53	28	62	90	4	87	8	82	20	73	32	80	25	84	14	85	11	70	37	67	39	51	49	81	22	77	29	82	20	37	57	0	75	61	41

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Long term investors must focus on transition not divestment at COP28

Investors and corporations will arrive in Dubai for COP28 later this month, and the world is depending on them to recognize and address a paradox: ordinary net zero 2050 commitments are one of the biggest threats to achieving net zero carbon emissions in 2050. FCLTGlobal’s Matthew Leatherman explains.

CDPQ’s two-way street of efficient external manager relations

Like all good long-term relationships, external fund manager partnerships should be steeped in trust, open dialogue, patience and new ideas. Mario Therrien, head of funds at CDPQ explains the key to external partnership success and the important role external managers play in plugging knowledge gaps.

Canada, The Netherlands lead the way on pension transparency

Canada is a standout in the transparency of pension fund reporting, topping the list of countries for the third year in a row. The top five countries were rounded out by The Netherlands, Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

GPTB 2023: The funds that excelled

The highest scoring funds overall in the 2023 Global Pension Transparency Benchmark were also among the biggest improvers. Both Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global and AustralianSuper increased their scores by 14 points and were the biggest improvers in the top 10. Others included CDPQ, CalPERS, and PFZW.