The DGPP: finalist for a leadership award

​​October 15, 2020 

The  Desjardins Group Pension Plan (DGPP) is a finalist for the 2020 Canadian Investment Review's Pension Leadership Awards1, which is carried out in partnership with the Association of Canadian Pension Management. Something to be proud of! 

This nomination reflects and rewards the efforts made as well as the innovations put in place over the past few years to ensure the financial health of the DGPP, for the benefit of its members

The Pension Leadership Awar​ds will recognize winners across several categories. The DGPP is among the three finalists in the following two categories

Investment Governance Award

This award will go to a pension plan that has implemented improvements at the governance and/or policy level, for the benefit of members

Risk Management Award
This award will go to a pension plan that successfully implemented a robust approach to its risk management function 

A panel of independent judges w​ill analyse the submissions of finalists, and the winners will be announced in early December 2020.2


Sylvain Gareau
Vice-president
Desjardins Group Pension Plan Division


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2 December 3, 2020 update: Neither of the two prizes were won.