Teachers' in the News


Culture of Innovation
CBC Metro Morning, Apr. 13, 2012
Following up Teachers' annual general meeting, host Matt Galloway discusses performance and funding with President and CEO Jim Leech. Listen ... 

Looking to infrastructure
Helen Morrissey, Global Pensions, Oct. 30, 2009
Helen Morrissey speaks to Jim Leech, chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan about changes in asset allocation and how the fund is preparing for the future. Read more ... 

March of the Pensions
Dan Shirai, Latin Finance, September/October 2009
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is blazing a trail for pension funds targeting stable returns in Latin America. Read more ... (126 KB PDF)

Teachers' appears activist
Barry Critchley, National Post, March 25, 2009
The decision to purchase almost 12 million Petro-Canada shares was a winner.
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Jim Leech interviewed on The Current
Michael Hlinka, CBC Radio One, March 13, 2009
Jim Leech, President & CEO, talks to Michael Hlinka about the current economic climate's impact on the pension sector. Listen to the interview. (8.5 KB mp3)

Pension funds set to begin flexing muscle; Market Reform; Can use huge asset base to 'provide stability'
Karen Mazurkewich, National Post, February 20, 2009
Pension funds are the walking wounded, but in the coming months expect them to start carrying a heavier stick. Read more...

Taken on Trust
LatinFinance, February 1, 2009
Despite highly volatile market conditions, the initial public offering of Brazil's OGX Petroleos in June was a smash hit. Read more... (46 KB PDF)

Bruised, but not broken: Brazil may yet emerge as a champion
The Globe and Mail, October 18, 2008
Brazil watchers are cautiously optimistic that the country will weather the current economic crisis without the severe economic contractions it has faced in the past.
Read more... (111 KB PDF)

The Power 75 — Changing of the Guard
Tom Buerkle, Institutional Investor, January 2008
The first and only investment chief at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada’s biggest, Robert Bertram continues to chalk up an enviable record of performance and innovation. Read more...

Posted April 2012