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British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)

BCI provides investment management services to British Columbia’s public sector. Its role is to generate investment returns that will help their institutional clients build a financially secure future. BCI offers investment options across a range of asset classes: fixed income; public and private equity; infrastructure and renewable resources; and real estate and mortgage.

Country

Canada

AUM ($B)

$161

Performance

16.5

Chief Executive

Gordon Fyfe

Chief Investment Officer

Gordon Fyfe

Chair

Peter Milburn

Asset allocation

Assets are invested across a range of asset classes – fixed income; public and private equity; infrastructure and renewable resources; and real estate and commercial mortgages.

35.7% Fixed Income

33.4% Public Equities

14.3% Real Estate

10% Infrastructure and Renewable Resources

10.4% Private Equity

3.5% Mortgages

Website

View the annual report

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Asset allocation as of June 30, 2021. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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