Public Markets

PSP Investments’ Public Markets Investments are comprised of Canadian Equity, Foreign Equity, Fixed Income and World Inflation-Linked bonds. These investments are overseen by both internal and external managers using a combination of active and index-replication strategies.

Net assets managed in active strategies totalled $17.9 billion at the end of fiscal year 2012, an increase of $0.7 billion from $17.2 billion at the end of fiscal year 2011. The proportion of active strategies managed internally increased to 60%, from 53% at the end of the previous fiscal year.

Fast Facts
  • Senior Vice President, Public Market Investments: Daniel Garant
  • Inception date: April 2000
  • Net assets of $45.5 billion (as at March 31, 2012)
  • Target weighting: 56% of total portfolio
    - 40% equity
    - 11% fixed income
    - 5% world inflation-linked bonds
  • Fiscal year 2012 performance:
    - One year rate of return of 1.4%
    - Investment income of $640 million
Public Markets
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