The UBC Faculty Pension Plan 2025 Annual Report and audited Financial Statements as at December 31, 2025 are now available online. The annual report includes updates on Board initiatives related to strategic planning and comprehensive risk management, recent management and team changes, financial and membership highlights, as well as market updates and investment performance. Visit […]
Eugene Lee has been hired as the new Executive Director, Investments, for the UBC Faculty Pension Plan (FPP), joining the UBC Pension Administration Office in January 2026. Eugene comes to us with over 20 years of experience working with pensions, endowments, foundations and Indigenous settlement trusts. Prior to joining UBC, he served for 10 years […]
The following market commentary is courtesy of the Plan’s Canadian Equity investment manager, Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management. Markets entered the fourth quarter of 2025 with improving risk sentiment and reduced volatility, supported by resilient growth data earlier in the quarter and continued disinflation across major economies. That optimism was tested intermittently by pockets […]
The Pension Administration Office will be closed for the holidays from December 25, 2025 to January 1, 2026 inclusive. The office will resume normal operations on Friday, January 2. If you have an urgent pension inquiry during the holiday closure, please leave a message at 604-827-3286. These messages will be monitored over the holiday period. […]
Please note that on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Pension Administration Office will close at 11:00 am PT for a department-wide staff event. Our office will reopen on Wednesday, December 10. If you need to reach FPP Member Services, please email fpp@hr.ubc.ca, or you may visit Contact Member Services for more options. We apologize for […]
The UBC Pension Administration Office will be performing scheduled maintenance on our fax machine from Monday, December 8 at 4:30 pm to Tuesday, December 9 at 8:30 am, Pacific Time. During this time, the fax machine will be offline and unable to receive messages. Please kindly ensure that any faxes are sent before or after […]
We are pleased to share the results of the recent UBC Faculty Pension Plan (FPP) Board of Trustees election held in Fall 2025. We extend our sincere thanks to all participants, including the nominated candidates and all FPP members who took the time to vote. In the election for two candidates to serve on the […]
The November 2025 issue of the UBC Faculty Pension Plan Update newsletter is now available online. In this issue: UBC Faculty Pension Plan Election – Vote by Nov 18, 2025 Get to Know Your Pension Plan – attend an upcoming pension seminar FPP Member Services: UBC & Sun Life Is your beneficiary information up to date? […]
The following market commentary is courtesy of the Plan’s Canadian Equity investment manager, Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management. The third quarter of 2025 saw a clear shift in the North American growth narrative, with labour market weakness moving to the forefront. In Canada, employment contracted in both July and August, lifting the unemployment rate […]
Market Commentary – First Quarter 2026
April 24, 2026
The following market commentary is courtesy of the Plan’s Canadian Equity investment manager, Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management. The first quarter of 2026 was defined by a shift from optimism to a more volatile, higher uncertainty environment later in the quarter. Markets navigated a series of overlapping macro and geopolitical developments, including political instability […]