About Us

Foreign Equity Investing is Our Focus

Connor, Clark & Lunn Arrowstreet Capital Ltd. (CCLA) is a marketing and administration organization which provides the foreign equity investment management services of Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (CC&L) and Arrowstreet Capital, L.P. (Arrowstreet) to investors in Canada.

Ownership

CCLA is jointly owned by CC&L and Arrowstreet.

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (50%)

CC&L was established in March 1982 and has offices in Vancouver and Toronto. CC&L is a private company owned 100% by its professionals through Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Partnership, a BC Partnership. CC&L provides investment management for pension fund sponsors, capital accumulation plans (defined contribution pension, group RRSPs and DPSPs), corporations, foundations, endowments, mutual funds and qualified individual investors. CC&L seeks to maintain and strengthen its stature as one of Canada’s largest independent money managers through the CCLA joint venture.

Arrowstreet Capital, L.P. (50%)

Arrowstreet Capital, L.P. was established in 1999 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Arrowstreet is a private company, 70% owned by its professionals. The remaining 30% is owned by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the private equity arm of Lovell Minnick Partners LLC. Arrowstreet currently serves 15 institutional clients, including CalPERS, Ohio State Teachers and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario. Arrowstreet’s mission is to establish leadership in the investment management industry by providing international investment products that seek to outperform benchmarks on a consistent basis.

Our Mission is to Provide Superior Returns on a Risk Controlled Basis

To accomplish this, we use an approach that responds quickly to changing market conditions. By taking a large number of exposures versus our benchmarks, we capitalize on a wider array of global mispricing opportunities with lower risk than is the case with narrower, traditional approaches.

Clients expect us to deliver consistency by generating returns above benchmarks without the presence of long-term systematic style bias in the portfolio. By incorporating the most important elements of growth and value investing for core mandates, we have an opportunity to add value throughout the market cycle rather than only at those times when growth or value are in favour. Value added is expected to come from the country, sector and stock levels.

Our clients also expect transparency and accuracy in reporting and attribution of results. In addition, they expect regular updates on markets and performance.