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Canadian Pension Money Keeps Pouring Into China as Risks Escalate

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) runs one of the world’s largest pension funds, with assets of $409.6 billion on March 31, as per its 2020 annual report.
Canadian Pension Money Keeps Pouring Into China as Risks Escalate
Alibaba’s co-founder Jack Ma (R) applauds with Tencent Holdings’ CEO Pony Ma during a meeting marking the 40th anniversary of China’s “reform and opening up” policy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 18, 2018. Holdings in the two Chinese companies are two of the Canada Pension Plan’s biggest investments in publicly traded stocks. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Rahul Vaidyanath
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) runs one of the world’s largest pension funds, with assets of $434.4 billion at June 30. It and two other big Canadian pension funds, including the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, remain strongly bullish on China despite plenty of reasons not to be.
Rahul Vaidyanath
Rahul Vaidyanath
Journalist
Rahul Vaidyanath is a journalist with The Epoch Times in Ottawa. His areas of expertise include the economy, financial markets, China, and national defence and security. He has worked for the Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., and investment banks in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
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