Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., Ottawa, is creating a pool of investment consultants to advise on its C$23.1 billion (US$22 billion) in assets, including its C$1.3 billion defined benefit pension fund, according to a posting on MERX, the Canadian government procurement website.
CMHC, Canada's national housing agency, invests in fixed income, including real return bonds; Canadian equities; U.S. equities; EAFE equities; Canadian real estate; infrastructure; and money market funds, according to the RFP.
The RFP is at the Canadian government procurement website.
Proposals must be sent via-e-mail to [email protected]., with the subject line RFSO, file #201301577, by 2 p.m. EDT July 8. A selection will be made later in July or August, according to the RFP.
Charles Sauriol, CMHC spokesman, could not be reached by press time for further details.