Ontario Teachers looks to rebalance U.S., overseas investments as trade tensions rise

Open this photo in gallery: The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board office in Toronto.Cole Burston/The Canadian Press Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is reassessing its appetite for U.S. investments in the face of tariffs and trade tensions, looking for ways to boost the share of its overseas assets as economic risks rise. Teachers has more than two-thirds of its $266-billion of assets invested in Canada and the United States – 36 per cent at home and 33 per cent south of the border. With U.S. president Donald Trump promising to press ahead with punishing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and other trading…