Vestcor Posts Strong Continued Investment Returns in 2025

Vestcor, Atlantic Canada’s largest investment manager, is pleased to present its 2025  Investment Performance Summary report, detailing another year of strong investment performance on behalf of our clients.

2025 saw Vestcor-managed portfolios generate a net return of 8.67%, after all expenses. Assets under management grew by $1.3 billion, reaching $24.4 billion at year-end and adding $165 million in value above investment benchmarks for our clients, after accounting for costs.

Equity markets were the main driver of these strong results, with a return of 16.5% over the year. Canadian equities performed especially well, with an overall return of 32.0%. Investing in Canada is an important part of Vestcor’s investment strategies. Across all asset classes, approximately 60% of Vestcor’s assets under management are invested in Canadian companies, fixed-income investments, infrastructure, and real estate.

Investment Performance Summary 2025

A full account of 2025 will be available in Vestcor’s Annual Report, which will be available in the coming months.

ABOUT VESTCOR

Vestcor is an independent not-for-profit company headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It provides global investment management services to public-sector client groups representing over $24.4 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025, and administration services to 11 public sector pension plans and five employee benefit plans.

Vestcor’s team of more than 175 service professionals provides innovative, integrated, and cost-effective investment management and pension and benefit administration services solutions to Atlantic Canadian clients.

Vestcor currently services the requirements of approximately 117,000 pension plan members, 46,000 employee benefits members, and over 100 participating employer groups.

For more information, please contact:

Elizabeth-Anne McCleave
Director Communications
Vestcor Inc.
communications@vestcor.org
vestcor.org