OPTrust earns 8 pct return in 2015, grows assets to $18.4 bln

OPTrust, the investor and manager of the OPSEU Pension Plan, has reported net investment income for 2015 of $1.4 billion, resulting in a net 8 percent return. This helped to increase the Toronto-based pension plan's total net assets to $18.4 billion at the end of December, compared to $17.5 billion a year ago. Private equity investments accounted for 9.2 percent of total assets last year, and returned 14.4 percent, according to OPTrust's 2015 financial statements. Infrastructure investments accounted for 12.8 percent of total assets, and returned 7 percent.

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