We aim to achieve meaningful diversification for the pension plan through disciplined investing across a range of private market strategies, including Funds & Co-investments, Life Sciences, Venture Capital, and other private investments.
How we deliver
We take a total-fund approach. We benefit from the collective team of investment professionals at OMERS, with expertise across asset classes and sectors, and have a global reach. Our knowledgeable, in-house investment teams collaborate with our portfolio companies, investment partners, and institutional and asset management relationships around the world to enable us to share insights, access opportunities, and underwrite with conviction. Our competitive advantage as a long-term investor enables us to take a progressive view on opportunities that can deliver sustainable growth for our pensioners.
Funds & Co-investments
We partner with best-in-class fund managers to provide us with additional diversification and reach into existing and emerging investment opportunities across the global landscape – serving as a meaningful partner, beyond providing capital, with a view towards growing relationships over time.
Life Sciences
Est. in 2016, OMERS Life Sciences provides non-dilutive financing solutions to the life sciences industry, with a focus on royalty monetizations. The program leverages specialized sector knowledge and industry relationships to gain exposure to attractive biopharma assets to generate a reliable source of absolute return with low correlation to the broader financial markets. The focus is on revenue-generating, commercial-stage assets but includes select exposure to pre-approval opportunities.
Venture Capital
Est. in 2010, OMERS Ventures invests in Series A-C companies with a first cheque size between $5-25M. The program’s investment strategy is predicated on the belief that knowing the markets we invest in and the founders building in these spaces lets us shortcut the path to identifying huge potential success stories. Learn more
Other Private Investments
We make investments that traditional investment strategies don’t pursue. When we see differentiated opportunities that can deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns, we have the agility and talent to capture them for the benefit of the pension plan.
"Beyond providing capital, we leverage our expertise and global network of investment professionals and partners to execute strategies designed to accelerate growth and create value. We are driven by a shared purpose of knowing that we can help shape the future for more than 620,000 OMERS members by delivering on the pension promise."
Michael Block
Head of Private Capital