Firm profile
Our objective is to be a leading investor and asset manager, recognized by our solid investment returns, the size and quality of our diversified portfolio and the talent of our team. By bringing together infrastructure and private equity, OMERS Private Markets combines the best of both - seeking out businesses that generate steady cash flow, while offering significant growth potential. Established in 1962, OMERS provides defined pension benefits to local government employees, retirees and beneficiaries throughout Ontario. The OMERS Primary Pension Plan "The Primary Plan" is a jointly sponsored, multi-employer pension plan with nearly 1,000 participating employers in 2015 and 2014, and approximately 461,000 Primary Plan members in 2015, compared to approximately 450,000 in 2014. Employers range from large cities to local agencies. Primary Plan members include union and non-union municipal workers; transit systems and electrical utilities; the non-teaching staff of school boards; police, firefighters and paramedics; and employees of children's aid societies.