Pension Fund 2014 performance

The McGill University Pension Plan’s Balanced Account achieved an impressive gross rate of return of 10.1 per cent in 2014, capping off an excellent year for growth. A high-level summary of the Balanced Account’s performance as of December 31, 2014 is available.

The McGill University Pension Plan’s Balanced Account achieved an impressive gross rate of return of 10.1 per cent in 2014, capping off an excellent year for growth.

A high-level summary of the Balanced Account’s performance as of December 31, 2014 is available in the table below:

Balanced Account Performance

Asset class

Annualized returns

% of total holdings

Equity Pool (stocks)

10.3%

69.7%

Fixed Income -Pool (e.g. bonds)

9.3%

30.3%

Total Growth:

10.1%

100%

 

On April 27, the McGill University Pension Plan published its 48-page Annual Report for 2014, which provides more extensive details about the Pension Plan’s holdings and performance.

Annual meeting and vote

All plan members are invited to the May 1 Pension Plan Annual Meeting, where the plan’s performance will be discussed further. Members also have until 12:00 p.m. on May 1 to cast their ballot in favour of or against voting procedures to be used when electing member representatives on the Pension Administration Committee.

McGill’s pension fund, worth about $1.4 billion, includes over 9500 current and former McGill employees.