AIMCo

Leo de Bever dishes on Viterra takeover, CP struggles

AIMCo's CEO explains his decision to cash out on Viterra and his thoughts on what the board battle at CP might mean for its shareholders >

When he was younger, Max Fawcett wanted to make a mint in the markets. Now as the managing editor of Alberta Venture he gets to write about them. Close enough, right? He can be reached at mfawcett@albertaventure.com

How AIMCo and Canada’s other public funds are investing their money

Learn how AIMCo stacks up and what have been the biggest wins for Canada's institutional investors >

Big Strategies, Bigger Payoff

Changing course means dividends for Alberta’s biggest institutional investor >

Potash call a tough one for Ottawa

Options are narrowing >

AIMCo’s Precision “Bailout”

A number of people have asked me what I think of the Precision Drilling “bailout.” People connected to the oil and gas sector in downtown Calgary, especially, see Alberta Investment Management Corporation’s $380-million lifeline to Precision Drilling Trust as the Alberta government’s way of saving the creator of thousands of well-paid jobs in rural areas and small towns — the Stelmach heartland — at the expense of smaller competitors and needed rationalization throughout the oilfield services sector. I think otherwise. Here’s why. >