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Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)

Created in 1965 to manage the funds of the Québec Pension Plan, a newly created universal pension plan, CDPQ’s current role is to manage investments on behalf of most of Québec’s public and parapublic pension and insurance funds. CDPQ manage the funds of over 6 million Quebecers.

Country

Canada

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

$316

Performance (%, 1YR)

7.2

Chief Executive

Charles Emond

Chair

Jean St-Gelais

Asset allocation

31.2% Fixed income

24.4% Real Assets

44.9% Equities

-0.5% Other

Website

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Global Pension Transparency Benchmark country system description

Asset allocation as of December 31, 2023. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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