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December 19, 2013 — Aircastle Limited (the “Company” or “Aircastle”) (NYSE: AYR) announced today that it has formed a joint venture to invest in leased aircraft (the “Joint Venture”) with an affiliate of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (“Teachers’”), the largest...

December 18, 2013 — The 2014 update to Teachers' Corporate Governance Principles and Proxy Voting Guidelines is available here.

December 12, 2013 — Jim Leech, President and CEO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers'), is pleased to announce the promotions of: Deborah Allan, Audrey Gaspar and Romeo Leemrijse.

October 29, 2013 — Teachers' CEO Jim Leech and Globe and Mail Senior Writer Jacquie McNish have written The Third Rail: Confronting our pension failures.

October 23, 2013 — Jim Leech, President and CEO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers'), is pleased to announce the following change to the senior leadership of the fund's Investment Division.

October 22, 2013 — Canadian retirees with defined benefit (DB) pensions are far less likely than other retirees to collect the government's Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), shows a study on the economic impact of DB pension plans.

October 18, 2013 — Jim Leech, President and CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, has been appointed the next chancellor of Queen's University. Mr. Leech will begin his three-year term on July 1, 2014.

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October 1, 2013 — Ares Management LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced today the completion of the acquisition of CPG International Inc. The transaction, which closed approximately six weeks after the Ares Private Equity Group and Teachers' agreed...

September 5, 2013 — Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is preparing to celebrate the Hong Kong office opening of subsidiary Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Asia) Limited.

August 19, 2013 — LOS ANGELES & TORONTO - CPG International Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds managed by Ares Management LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

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July 29, 2013 — Hudson's Bay Company (TSX: HBC) ("HBC" or the "Company") and Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS) ("Saks") announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby HBC will acquire Saks for US$16.00...

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June 25, 2013 — The Globe and Mail: When construction began on the Toronto-Dominion Centre – the modernist office complex in the heart of Toronto's downtown financial district – architecture critics hailed it as a shining example of the...

June 14, 2013 — The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers') recently launched a YouTube channel, rounding out its social media participation that also includes Twitter, and a Facebook page for members.

June 6, 2013 — Canada's ten largest public pension funds, dubbed "the Top Ten," provide Canadians with one of the strongest retirement income systems in the world and also contribute significantly to national prosperity, a new study concludes.

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May 23, 2013 — Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association is pleased to announce that Clairvest Group Inc. (Clairvest) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers') are the recipients of CVCA's 2013 ‘Deal of the Year Awards'...

April 19, 2013 — Montréal - The undersigned institutional investors who collectively steward assets of $916 billion, are concerned by the decision of Barrick Gold Corporation to award an $11.9-million bonus payment to their co-Chairman, John L. Thornton, appointed in...

April 4, 2013 — Teachers' Private Capital (TPC) is part of a group of major international private equity investors that recently established a framework to guide disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors between funds and clients.

March 15, 2013 — The Ontario government and Ontario Teachers' Federation (OTF) announced an agreement that provides contribution stability.

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February 11, 2013 — In its annual review of governance issues distributed to 664 major public companies worldwide, Teachers' this year highlights board diversity and the use of loyalty shares to address "short-termism" amongst shareholders. As usual, the...