Investment Managers and Responsible Investment

Laurier’s investments are managed by investment managers in pooled funds and limited partnerships.

Many of Laurier’s investment managers have publicly available policies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and they must report on the topic each year to Laurier’s Investment Oversight Sub-committee.

All of Laurier’s investment managers except one are signatories to the UN PRI (United Nations‐supported Principles for Responsible Investment). The one that is not a signatory invests solely in private mortgages within Canada and the U.S.

The table below links investment managers to their UNPRI signatory profiles.

Summary of Investments (in millions $) as of March 31, 2024

Investment Type

Investment Manager / Fund Name

Pension

Endowments and Other Investments*

Sinking

Total

Canadian Equity

Fiera Capital Corporation / Fiera Canadian Equity Fund – Class A

162.6

16.1

7.5

186.2

Manitou Investment Management Ltd. / Segregated Fund

74.0

N/A

N/A

74.0

Manitou Investment Management Ltd. / Manitou Canadian Equity Fund

N/A

6.4

3.5

9.9

Global Equity

Walter Scott & Partners Limited / NCS Global Fund

167.3

15.8

12.9

196.0

Boston Partners Global Investors Inc. / BP Global Equity Pooled Fund

165.3

18.8

N/A

184.1

Fixed Income: Cash and Equivalents

Cash

2.7

0.1

N/A

2.8

Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. / PH&N Canadian Money Market Fund

10.2

3.2

3.4

13.4

Fixed Income: Canadian Bonds

Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. / PH&N Core Plus Bond Fund

142.3

11.2 3.4

156.9

Fixed Income: Mortgages

Addenda Capital / Addenda Commercial Mortgage Pooled Fund

N/A

10.6

N/A

10.6

Romspen / Romspen Mortgage Investment Fund

84.1

13.9

N/A

98.0

Balanced

Jarislowsky Fraser Global Investment Management / Canadian Equity Fund / JF Fossil Fuel Free Canadian Equity Fund

N/A

5.7

N/A

5.7

Jarislowsky Fraser Global Investment Management / Bond Funds / JF Canadian Equity Fund / JF Global Equity Fund

N/A

3.2

N/A

3.2

Alternative Strategies: Real Assets

IFM Investors / IFM Global Infrastructure (Canada) LP – Class A

113.3 14.0

3.1

130.4

CBRE Global Investors / CBRE Global Alpha Feeder Fund – Series 3

74.6

10.4

2.0

87.0

All Investment Types

All Funds

996.4

129.4 32.4

1,158.2

*Policies and procedures on endowments and other investments:

In June 2024, Laurier enhanced its responsible investing practices with the move to disclose, on an annual basis, its investments, where applicable, to the holdings level. Below is a list of investment managers and their investment holdings as of March 31, 2024: