OMERS increases assets to $95 bln with 2017 11.5 pct return
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) reported a net investment return of 11.5 percent last year, compared to a benchmark of 7.3 percent, and a net return of 10.3 percent in 2016. Investments, which generated close to $10 billion of net income, helped grow OMERS' net assets to $95 billion at the end of December, compared with $85 billion a year ago. Among OMERS' private asset classes, private equity investments returned 11.1 percent in 2017, down from the year before, while infrastructure investments returned 12.3 percent, which is up. The Toronto-based pension fund will issue its 2017 annual report in March.
23 February 2018•2 mins read
