OMERS Private Equity Drives Pension Fund's Returns

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) saw its net assets under management rise above the C$60 billion mark in 2012, increasing C$5.7 billion year over year. The Canadian pension fund also posted a 10% return on its total investments last year, based on "strong performance in its private market portfolio". OMERS' overall private market portfolio had a 13.8% investment return, led by returns of 19.2% from internally-managed buyout fund OMERS Private Equity.

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