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Risk Management Approach

Achieving the balance between returns and risk.

Comprehensive Risk Reduction

Our comprehensive approach to risk reduction ensures portfolio diversification across:

Asset Classes, Investment Types, and Strategies

Geographies

Sectors and Industries

A lens for managing risk/reward trade-offs by considering risk from a macro, fund, asset class, and manager-level perspective.

— the Pension Plan’s Risk Management Framework

Overall Diversification

Diversification is a fundamental part of the fund’s long-term investment strategy and it’s a key component in helping manage risks.

The fund’s risk management approach is realized through careful diversification that includes:

  • managing the fund’s exposure to a variety of investment risks
  • reducing the impact of poor returns from markets or asset classes in any given year
  • and maximizing the ability to achieve growth in the asset values

As part of our fund strategy, investments are specifically chosen to reduce the impact of poor returns and maximize the fund’s ability to grow.

Chart showing Asset Allocation and Investment Portfolios. Part One, Asset Allocation, percentage of pension fund investments allocated by grouping. 50% equities. 20% Fixed income Canadian Bonds. 10% Fixed income - Global Bonds. 10% Real Assets - Infrastructure. 10% Real Assets - Real Estate. Part Two, Investment Portfolios, number of different portfolios pension funds are invested in. 7 Global Equity portfolios. 1 Bond portfolio. 3 Alternative Credit portfolio. 20 Infrastructure portfolios. 5 Real Estate portfolios. 1 Currency Hedge Overlay portfolio.