Over the past 15 years, pension funds have become dominant players in the Canadian investment landscape. Once seen as passive investors, pension funds are now leading the way as they venture into hotels, development and triple bottom line investing. Oxford Properties Group has actively grown its portfolio into a global real estate platform for OMERS which now includes principal investment and development, as well as asset and property management. President and CEO Michael Latimer will share some key war stories about Oxford's venture into hotels (the company has acquired seven Fairmont resort hotels) and international joint ventures in Argentina, Germany and the United Kingdom.