WISE Trust

WISE Trust

WISE Trust operates as a jointly sponsored defined benefit pension plan established for Ontario workplace insurance and safety employees. Christopher Brown leads the organization as Chief Executive Officer. The plan's co-sponsors are the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Ontario Compensation Employees Union. The plan deploys capital across public equities, credit, real estate, infrastructure and private equity. Allocations are executed through pools managed by the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario. Confirmed holdings include positions in the IMCO Real Estate Pool, the IMCO Private Equity Pool, the IMCO Infrastructure Pool and Resource Innovations. Geographic exposure spans Canada and global markets. Assets total $4.5 billion. The plan maintains memberships in the Association of Canadian Pension Management and the Responsible Investment Association. Christopher Brown serves as a director of the Association of Canadian Pension Management. In October 2024 WISE Trust participated as a speaker at the 2024 Risk Management Conference, addressing the transition to a jointly sponsored structure. The plan's governance rests on equal representation from its two co-sponsors on the Board of Trustees. Investment execution is outsourced exclusively to the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario under a mandate that began in 2020.