Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System returned 4.8 per cent in the first half of the year, gaining $6.9 billion from a strong United States dollar and rising stock market .
The pension “had a pleasing start to 2026” despite “an increasingly complex global dynamic,” chief executive Blake Hutcheson said in a statement Tuesday.
Net assets rose to $151.6 billion as of June 30. Every asset class delivered positive returns, with stocks and private credit advancing 12.2 per cent and 7.8 per cent, respectively. Private equity holdings eked out a 1.1 per cent gain, held back by “market headwinds,” according to the statement.
Currency appreciation, particularly of the U.S. dollar, added a net 1.4 per cent to returns.
The Toronto-based pension plan invested $1 billion into Canadian equities in the first half of the year and plans to add at least $10 billion of investments in the country over the next five years, Hutcheson said. Canada makes up 25 per cent of Omers’ portfolio, with 52 per cent invested in U.S. holdings .
Omers sold several assets since the start of the year, including specialty care management company Paradigm. It also announced the sale of utility and infrastructure provider Network Plus.
