Capital Markets & Factor Investing
Diversifying in Global Markets
The Capital Markets and Factor Investing (CMF) department’s main goal is to give CPP Investments flexible and efficient access to a wide range of global investments, including public equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and derivatives. CMF achieves this by managing its own strategies, partnering with external investment managers, and by making co-investments in public markets. These investments add diversity to the Fund’s portfolio, providing returns that go beyond what can be achieved through traditional long-only alone.
Our CMF Teams
CMF’s primary goal is to provide CPP Investments with flexible, efficient access to scalable, liquid and diversified returns in global public markets. CMF invests and co-invests across multiple asset classes worldwide.
External Portfolio Management
External Portfolio Management adds value by partnering with external managers that bring expertise and strategies to enhance our overall portfolio.
Our team
Amy Flikerski
Managing Director, Head of External Portfolio Management
London
Paulina Arent
Managing Director, External Portfolio Management
London
Yan Kvitko
Managing Director, External Portfolio Management
London
Dimitar Marmarov
Managing Director, External Portfolio Management
Toronto
Sajjad Qasmi
Managing Director, External Portfolio Management
Hong Kong
Timour Zilberchteine
Managing Director, External Portfolio Management
Toronto
Systematic Strategies Group
The Systematic Strategies Group develops and manages a portfolio of quantitative model-driven investment strategies in global public markets, delivering scalable, capital-efficient and diversified returns for the total fund.
Our team
Vasant Naik
Managing Director, Head of Systematic Strategies Group
London
Wagner Dada
Managing Director, Systematic Strategies Group
Toronto
Shafiq Ebrahim
Managing Director, Systematic Strategies Group
Toronto
Tyler Hayes
Managing Director, Systematic Strategies Group
Toronto
Mark Horbal
Managing Director, Systematic Strategies Group
Toronto
Joe Yang
Managing Director, Systematic Strategies Group
Toronto
Philippe Zaugg
Managing Director, Systematic Strategies Group
Toronto
Bill Mackenzie
Managing Director, Head of Active Equities North America
Bill heads the team responsible for delivering alpha through active security selection of public, and soon to be public, equity investments in North America.
Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2010, Bill was a Director and Analyst in the Equity Research group at TD Securities. Previously, he worked at Ernst and Young in the Assurance Services and Corporate Finance groups.
Bill holds a BA in Economics from McGill University and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a CFA Charterholder.
Holdings & Relationships Reports
We regularly issue holdings and relationships reports which disclose private equity relationships, and Canadian and foreign public equity and real estate holdings.
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