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Therrien: CDPQ manages over 90% of assets internally across asset classes

Mario Therrien · Mario Therrien – The Canadian Pension Model (Capital Allocators, EP.12) · Jun 19, 2017 · at 12:10

Mario Therrien of CDPQ explains how the Canadian pension fund model prioritizes in-house asset management across asset classes.

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“CDP has more than 90% of his assets managed internally across all asset classes.”

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The claim, plainly

As of June 2017, CDPQ managed more than 90% of its total assets internally across all asset classes.

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Assessment

In a June 2017 podcast interview, Mario Therrien stated that CDPQ had 'more than 90% of [its] assets managed internally across all asset classes.' Official disclosures from CDPQ published around that timeframe—including news releases for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Annual Reports—consistently report that 'around 90%' of assets are internally managed, while executive remarks (such as those by then-President and CEO Michael Sabia in 2016 and subsequent retrospectives) cite 85% to 90%. Because the statement served as an approximate characterization of CDPQ's direct-investment model and is within close range of the verified ~85–90% benchmark, but lacks official confirmation of strictly exceeding 90%, the claim is evaluated as partially true.

CDPQ's 2017 Annual Report official release (April 17, 2018) stated that '[a]round 90% of la Caisse\'s assets are managed internally'.
At the CFA Institute Annual Conference in May 2016, then-President and CEO Michael Sabia stated that '90% of assets are managed internally'.
CDPQ official disclosures consistently cite 'around 90%' rather than documenting an internal management share strictly exceeding 90% across all asset classes.

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[1] newswire.ca [2] newswire.ca [3] newswire.ca [4] newswire.ca [5] blogspot.com [6] blogspot.com [7] cfainstitute.org [8] columbia.edu

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