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OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTRUST)

OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada’s largest pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan, a defined benefit plan with over 98,000 members and retirees. OPTrust was established to give plan members and the Government of Ontario an equal voice in the administration of the OPSEU Pension Plan and the management of the assets through joint trusteeship. OPTrust is governed by a 10-member Board of Trustees, five of whom are appointed by OPSEU and five by the Government of Ontario.

Country

Canada

AUM ($B, AS AT DATE OF ASSET ALLOCATION)

$20

Performance (%, 1YR)

15.3

Chief Executive

Peter Lindley

Chief Investment Officer

James Davis

Chair

Lindsey Burzese

Asset allocation

12.8% Liability Hedging

15.9% Public Equity

15.9% Private Equity

9.6% Credit

13% Infrastructure

15.4% Real Estate

8.5% Multi-Strategy Investments

0.3% Other

8.6% Risk Mitigation and Funding

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