OMERS earned a 4.8% return in the first half of 2026
Currency tailwinds added a net 1.4 percent to returns, he said.
The Ontario pension plan invested $1bn in Canadian equities over the six months and, as per its results, has committed to adding at least $10bn in new domestic investments over the next five years.
Blake Hutcheson, the plan’s president and chief executive officer, said the current environment in Canada “has considerable potential,” while stressing that OMERS keeps a geographically diversified portfolio to meet its long-term pension obligations.
About half of the plan’s holdings remain in the United States and roughly a quarter are domestic, BNN Bloomberg reported.
Over the past decade, OMERS said, it has added more than $78bn to the plan.
