NEWS
New Turnkey Investment Strategy
Trajectory is a completely new turnkey investment strategy that automatically adjusts your investment portfolio according to the number of years remaining before retirement.
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Online Additional Contribution
It is possible to make periodic contributions or lump-sum contributions to Bâtirente RRSPs from banking Web sites.
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Bâtirente actively engaged in extractive industry transparency
Bâtirente and other mining and oil and gas company shareholders called upon the Canadian government to become more actively engaged in extractive industry transparency.
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Class action lawsuit to recover Sino-Forest losses
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. (“NEI Investments”), which manages Ethical Funds, Canada’s leading family of socially responsible mutual funds, and Comité syndical national de retraite Bâtirente inc. (“Bâtirente”),...
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Bâtirente’s Annual Meeting
Bâtirente’s June 2 annual general meeting was marked by a record attendance...
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Welcome to Our Ranks!
We are proud to announce that the CSN unions of the Valleyfield plant of General Dynamics, an ordnance and tactical American multinational corporation, rejoined the ranks of Bâtirente...
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Bâtirente Funds News
Our Diversified Funds allocates a share of their assets to emerging markets public equities...
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Responsible & Profitable!
Bâtirente believes in the importance of encouraging the enterprises in which our managers have invested...
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Prudent & Efficient!
Bâtirente believes in the importance of closely and strictly monitoring the management of your savings...
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Collective & Competitive!
Bâtirente believes in the importance of pooling the savings of thousands of workers...
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Bâtirente’s Assets Increased by 4.9 percent
In the last six months of 2010, Bâtirente’s total assets grew by 4.9 percent...
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RRSP or TFSA? Planning Is The Key to Completing Your Projects…
You have a few projects in mind? You need to save more to complete them?
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Bâtirente Funds Make Their Mark
Bâtirente works assiduously to improve the various quality features of its funds...
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New Value-Added Services
In the following months, we will introduce new services that will benefit active members and future retired members...
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Fee Rates
Effective July 1, 2010, the Bâtirente retirement system fee policy experienced a new development...
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First Sectoral Plan
The Fédération des professionnèles CSN (FP) and Bâtirente are proud to announce that they have set up the first sectoral retirement plan...
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Responsible Investment
Metro supermarkets recently announced the adoption of a policy...
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Investors put gender on the agenda
A coalition of global investors managing over US$ 73 billion of assets today called on companies across the world to increase representation of qualified women on boards of directors and in senior management...
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Growing Assets for Bâtirente
Despite anaemic financial markets, Bâtirente’s total assets grew in the first half of 2010...
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2009 Annual Global Report
The French version of the 2009 Annual Global Report is now available. The English one will be online in September.
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What You Told Us
Record numbers of members–close to 600–filled out the annual survey questionnaire...
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New Report on Consent of Indigenous Peoples
Bâtirente and the Regroupement pour la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RRSE) are pleased with the independent report exploring the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of indigenous peoples that was commissioned by Talisman and released today...
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Special Offer for Bâtirente Members
Le guide pratique de l’investisseur : Tout ce que vous devez savoir avant de placer votre argent
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Welcome to Our New Groups!
A number of new groups have joined Bâtirente’s retirement system since July 2009...
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Update on a report commissioned by Talisman Energy on FPIC
Bâtirente, RRSE and WRI have reviewed and commented on a first draft of the report commissioned by Talisman Energy on free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of indigenous peoples...
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Daniel Fortin Joins The Bâtirente Team
Bâtirente is proud to announce that Daniel Fortin, an Actuary and Strategic Advisor with over 25 years of experience, is joining its team as Assistant Co-ordinator – Products and Distribution...
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Bâtirente Writes to Barrick Gold
Bâtirente and Northwest & Ethical Investments have writen to Barrick Gold expressing concern over...
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Bâtirente Funds’ Performance
For the first nine months of year 2009, the Patrimonial, Provident and Intrepid Funds posted respective performances...
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Bâtirente: Fourth Largest DC Plan in Québec
According to the annual survey of the Avantages magazine, a publication specializing in pension plan management, Bâtirente ranks as the fourth largest defined contribution pension plan in Québec.
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Bâtirente Files a Class Action Request against Manulife Financial Corporation
In July of 2009, Bâtirente filed a class action request on behalf of all investors who were holding common shares of the Manulife Financial Corporation between January of 2004 and March of 2009....
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Growing Assets for Bâtirente
Assets under management found their way back to growth during the first half of 2009...
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The CSN Retirement Committee Engages on The Way of Responsible Investment
The CSN pension plan calls upon Bâtirente’s expertise to engage itself on the way of responsible investment...
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CSN Federations Conventions
The CSN federation convention season was in full swing in May and June...
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Talisman prepares report on FPIC
Bâtirente and Regroupement pour la responsabilité sociale et l’équité (RRSE) announced today that they have reached an agreement with Talisman Energy Inc. on an important corporate responsibility initiative...
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Get Your New Participant’s Guide
Bâtirente published a Participant’s Guide for all its members...
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Annual Survey Questionnaire and Contest
Guylaine Marcoux, a member of the Syndicat des épiciers unis Metro-Richelieu Newton Québec (CSN), is the lucky winner of...
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Appointment of Daniel Simard to The MÉDAC
At the end of 2008, the Mouvement d’éducation et de défense des actionnaires (MÉDAC) appointed...
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Very Reasonable Management Fee Rates for 2009
As usual, in January, Bâtirente informed participant groups of their management fee rates for year 2009...
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