Private Equity At Work | Ontario Teachers’ Retirement System President and CEO highlights benefits of private equity on CNBC

Ontario Teachers’ Retirement System President and CEO highlights benefits of private equity on CNBC

July 19, 2012

In a recent interview on CNBC, James Leech, President and CEO of the $117 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan says, “that there is a lot of confusion about private equity and its role in the economy. Our perspective is that it has been very positive.” Leech highlighted that the pension fund has earned a return on private equity investment since 1990 in excess of 20 percent.