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Ontario Teachers’ delivers solid investment performance in 2022

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Impact of currency

In 2022, a weaker Canadian dollar led to a foreign currency gain of $3.8 billion as assets denominated in foreign currencies appreciated in value when converted back into Canadian dollars. This corresponds with a return impact from currency of 1.5%. This gain, partially offset by our currency hedging activities, was primarily driven by the depreciation of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, influenced by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s proactive approach to raising interest rates to combat inflation.

Investment Highlights

Ontario Teachers’ manages approximately 80% of its assets internally, with a focus on deploying capital into active strategies around the world. During 2022, the fund diversified investments globally and acquired assets across five continents. It also expanded its international footprint, opening offices in Mumbai and San Francisco. Being physically located in these key financial markets will provide more opportunities to source attractive investments and access local talent.

Transaction highlights in 2022 include:

Equities:

  • Acquired a co-control stake in GPA Global, a leading full-service provider of premium packaging solutions to brands in North America and Europe;
  • Acquired a significant majority stake in Sahyadri Hospitals, the largest private hospital chain in the Indian state of Maharashtra;
  • Agreed to acquire a stake in and combine group.ONE and dogado group, which will create a leading pan-European one-stop-shop provider of online presence solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Infrastructure:

  • Acquired a 25% stake in SSEN Transmission, an electricity transmission network business that transports energy generated from renewable sources in Scotland to more than a quarter of the U.K. land mass, for total cash proceeds of £1.465 billion;
  • Acquired a 70% stake in the passive mobile tower infrastructure assets of Spark New Zealand for NZ$900 million. The tower company was subsequently rebranded as Connexa;
  • Partnered with Connexa on an agreement to acquire additional mobile tower assets from 2degrees Mobile for NZ$1.076 billion;
  • Invested up to US$805 million in a convertible equity portfolio financing with NextEra Energy Partners;
  • Formed a partnership with Mahindra Group to acquire a significant stake in Mahindra Susten, a leading player in Indian renewable energy sector;
  • Formed a joint venture with Corio Generation to develop 14 offshore wind projects with a capacity of up to 9GW;
  • Through our portfolio company Inversiones Grupo Saesa Ltda., acquired a 99.09% stake in the share capital of listed Chilean power transmission company Enel Transmisión Chile S.A.

Natural Resources:

  • Provided funding to Haddington Ventures LLC’s ACES Delta Platform for the development of the world’s largest green hydrogen platform;
  • Partnered with Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty, a global investment manager specializing in precious metals and real assets, in the US$225 million issuance of a royalty convertible note by Seabridge Gold’s wholly owned subsidiary, KSM Mining ULC.

 Real Estate:

  • Our real estate subsidiary Cadillac Fairview (CF) agreed to a joint venture with Thomas White Oxford Ltd to deliver Oxford North, UK, the £700 million new global innovation district;
  • CF committed an additional US$700M to IQHQ, following on its initial US$500M investment in November 2020. IQHQ is a leading life science real estate developer and manager with offices in San Diego and Boston;
  • CF and Boreal IM acquired three logistics assets in the U.K., 15 warehouses across four regions in the Netherlands, and two industrial parks in West London, U.K. and in the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands;
  • CF began construction of a 288-unit residential rental building integrated with CF Rideau Centre, Ottawa’s largest and busiest shopping mall.

Teachers’ Venture Growth:

  • Led a US$220 million Series D funding round for Taxfix, Europe’s leading mobile tax app;
  • Led the €183 million Series E funding round for Alan, a leading European digital healthcare company.

Climate ambition and investment

As part of its journey to achieve net zero on its investment activities by 2050, Ontario Teachers’ has industry-leading interim targets to reduce portfolio carbon emissions intensity by 45% by 2025 and 67% by 2030, compared to its 2019 baseline. It has made meaningful progress toward the 2025 and 2030 interim targets, with portfolio carbon emissions intensity down 32% from the 2019 baseline. Portfolio carbon emissions intensity remained unchanged between 2021 and 2022 due to an increase in both market value and absolute emissions of its portfolio carbon footprint.

Ontario Teachers’ added $3 billion in new green assets in 2022 including SSEN Transmission, Corio Generation, NextEra Energy and Haddington Ventures’ ACES Delta Platform. Green assets now total nearly $34 billion, approximately two-thirds of the way toward Ontario Teachers’ target of $50 billion.

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In 2022, Ontario Teachers’ wholly owned subsidiary, Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust (OTFT), issued a $1 billion green bond with the proceeds being invested in companies or assets that enable the net-zero transition, reduce emissions and build a sustainable economy. This was OTFT’s first green bond issuance in Canadian dollars.

Investment costs

Ontario Teachers’ is committed to cost effectiveness and links its costs to the investment value creation process. Total investment costs including administrative expenses, transaction costs and external management fees totaled $1,886 million (78 cents per $100 of average net assets) in 2022, compared to $2,030 million (91 cents per $100 of average net assets) in 2021.

The decrease in investment costs was driven primarily by a decrease in transaction fees incurred from lower direct and fund acquisition volumes this year than in 2021, and a decrease in external management fees due to lower performance-based fees than in the prior year.

About Ontario Teachers’

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) is a global investor with net assets of $247.2 billion as at December 31, 2022. We invest in more than 50 countries in a broad array of assets including public and private equities, fixed income, credit, commodities, natural resources, infrastructure, real estate and venture growth to deliver retirement income for 336,000 working members and pensioners.

With offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, San Francisco, Singapore and Toronto, our more than 400 investment professionals bring deep expertise in a broad range of sectors and industries. We are a fully funded defined benefit pension plan and have earned an annual total-fund net return of 9.5% since the plan’s founding in 1990. At Ontario Teachers’, we don’t just invest to make a return, we invest to shape a better future for the teachers we serve, the businesses we back, and the world we live in. For more information, visit otpp.com and follow us on Twitter @OtppInfo.

Contact

Dan Madge
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Phone: +1 416-419-1437
Email: media@otpp.com

Note to Editors: To read our Annual Report, please click here.

  • Annual Report (PDF)

Forward-Looking Statements

This annual report contains forward-looking information and statements that are intended to enhance the reader’s ability to assess the future financial and business performance of Ontario Teachers’. Forward-looking information and statements include all information and statements regarding Ontario Teachers’ current beliefs, targets, intentions, plans, and expectations concerning its objectives, future performance, strategies, and financial results, as well as any other information or statements that relate to future events or circumstances and which do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts. Forward-looking information and statements often but not always use words such as “trend,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” and similar expressions. Because the forward-looking information and statements are based on estimates and assumptions that are subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, many of which are beyond Ontario Teachers’ control or are subject to change, actual results or events could be materially different. Although Ontario Teachers’ believes that the estimates and assumptions inherent in the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, such information and statements are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information or statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. Ontario Teachers’ forward-looking information and statements speak only as of the date of this annual report or as of the date they are made and should be regarded solely as Ontario Teachers’ current plans, estimates and beliefs. Ontario Teachers’ does not intend or undertake to publicly update such statements to reflect new information, future events, and changes in circumstances or for any other reason.

Cautionary Statement

In connection with our multi-faceted climate strategy, we have made certain commitments and set certain goals and targets (“Targets”). In establishing our Targets, we relied on various laws, guidelines, taxonomies, methodologies, frameworks, market practices and other standards (collectively, “Standards”) and also made good faith assumptions and estimates in establishing our Targets. Given the complex and evolving nature of the global response to climate change, these Standards may change over time, and our assumptions and estimates may prove incorrect or inaccurate for reasons we cannot foresee or predict.

To monitor and report on our progress toward our Targets, we rely on data obtained from our portfolio companies and other third-party sources. Although we believe these sources are reliable, we have not independently verified this data, or assessed the assumptions underlying such data, and cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness. We also attempt to improve accuracy in the data through an independent limited assurance review.  The data may be of varying quality or usefulness and may change over time as Standards evolve. These factors could impact our Targets and our ability to achieve them.

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Tense diplomatic relations may not impact trade, investment ties between India, Canada: Experts

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NEW DELHI: The tense diplomatic relations between India and Canada are unlikely to impact trade and investments between the two countries as economic ties are driven by commercial considerations, according to experts. Both India and Canada trade in complementary products and do not compete on similar products.
“Hence, the trade relationship will continue to grow and not be affected by day-to-day events,” Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) Co-Founder Ajay Srivastava said.
Certain political developments have led to a pause in negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two countries.
On September 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau India’s strong concerns about the continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada that were promoting secessionism, inciting violence against its diplomats and threatening the Indian community there.
India on Tuesday announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat hours after Canada asked an Indian official to leave that country, citing a “potential” Indian link to the killing of a Khalistani separatist leader in June.
Srivastava said these recent events are unlikely to affect the deep-rooted people-to-people connections, trade, and economic ties between the two nations.
Bilateral trade between India and Canada has grown significantly in recent years, reaching USD 8.16 billion in 2022-23.
India’s exports (USD 4.1 billion) to Canada include pharmaceuticals, gems and jewellery, textiles, and machinery, while Canada’s exports to India (USD 4.06 billion) include pulses, timber, pulp and paper, and mining products.
On investments, he said that Canadian pension funds will continue investing in India on grounds of India’s large market and good return on money invested.
Canadian pension funds, by the end of 2022, had invested over USD 45 billion in India, making it the fourth-largest recipient of Canadian FDI in the world.
The top sectors for Canadian pension fund investment in India include infrastructure, renewable energy, technology, and financial services.
Mumbai-based exporter and Chairman of Technocraft Industries Sharad Kumar Saraf said the present frosty relations between India and Canada are certainly a cause for concern.
“However, the bilateral trade is entirely driven by commercial considerations. Political turmoil is of a temporary nature and should not be a reason to affect trade relations,” Saraf said.
He added that even with China, India has acrimonious relations but bilateral trade continues to remain healthy.
“In fact, bilateral trade is an effective tool to improve political relations. India must make special efforts to increase our bilateral trade with Canada,” Saraf said.
India and Canada have a strong education partnership. There are over 200 educational partnerships between Indian and Canadian institutions.
In addition, over 3,19,000 Indian students are enrolled in Canadian institutions, making them the largest international student cohort in Canada, according to GTRI.
According to the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), Indian students contributed USD 4.9 billion to the Canadian economy in 2021.
Indian students are the largest international student group in Canada, accounting for 20 per cent of all international students in 2021.
Benefits of educational partnerships are mutual and hence the current situation may have no impact on the relationship, Srivastava said.

 

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Apple supplier Foxconn aims to double India jobs and investment

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Apple supplier Foxconn aims to double its workforce and investment in India by next year, a company executive said on Sunday.

Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has rapidly expanded its presence in India by investing in manufacturing facilities in the south of the country as the company seeks to move away from China.

V Lee, Foxconn’s representative in India, in a LinkedIn post to mark Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 73rd birthday, said the company was “aiming for another doubling of employment, FDI (foreign direct investment), and business size in India” by this time next year.

He did not give more details.

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Foxconn already has an iPhone factory employing 40,000 people in the state of Tamil Nadu.

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In August, the state of Karnataka said the firm will invest US$600 million for two projects to make casing components for iPhones and chip-making equipment.

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The company’s Chairman Liu Young-way said in an earnings briefing last month that he sees a lot of potential in India, adding: “several billion dollars in investment is only a beginning”.

Taiwan election: Foxconn’s Terry Gou taps star-powered running mate

 

Last month, Foxconn’s billionaire founder Terry Gou said he would run for the Taiwanese presidency in next year’s election, as an independent candidate.

He said the ruling and independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was unable to offer a bright future for the island and left Foxconn’s board following his decision to run.

The firm operates the world’s largest iPhone plant, in the city of Zhengzhou in Henan province.

 

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Foxconn to double workforce, investment in India by ‘this time next year’

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Foxconn, Taiwan-based Apple supplier, has said that they are planning to double their investment and workforce in India within the next twelve months, according to V Lee’s LinkedIn post on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 73rd birthday.

Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has rapidly expanded its presence in India by investing in manufacturing facilities in the south of the country as the company seeks to move away from China.

Notably, Foxconn already has an iPhone factory in the state of Tamil Nadu, which employs 40,000 people.

V Lee, Foxconn‘s representative in India, in a LinkedIn post to mark Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 73rd birthday, said the company was “aiming for another doubling of employment, FDI (foreign direct investment), and business size in India” by this time next year.

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In August this year, Karnataka governments had said that Foxconn has planned to invest $600 million for two projects in the state to make casing components for iPhones and chip-making equipment.

Earlier this month, Young Liu, Chairman and CEO of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) had said, ‘India will be an important country in terms of manufacturing in future’.

In the past, it took 30 years to build the entire supply chain ecosystem in China, he noted, adding that while it will take an “appropriate amount of time in India” and the process will be shorter given the experience. The environment too is not quite the same, he said pointing to the advent of new technologies like AI and generative AI.

Meanwhile, Apple Inc. has announced plans to make the India-built iPhone 15 available in the South Asian country and some other regions on the global sales debut day, according to a Bloomberg report.

While the vast majority of iPhone 15s will come from China, that would be the first time a latest generation, India-assembled device is available on the first day of sale, they said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private.

Apple introduced the iPhone 15, updated watches and AirPods at a gala event at its US headquarters. Sales of new products begin typically around 10 days after the unveiling.

 

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