The province says the move comes 'after years of AIMCo consistently failing to meet its mandated benchmark returns.' For now, Finance Minister Nate Horner has been appointed the sole director and chair for AIMCo.

The provincial government of Alberta, Canada, has terminated the entire board of the C$168.9 billion ($124.5 billion) Alberta Investment Management Corp., Edmonton, citing underperformance issues and rising costs.

This is also the third board to be fired in its entirety by the UCP government, following Smith’s firing of the Alberta Health Services board in 2022 and the firing of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity board last year.

Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s entire board was sacked by the provincial government, which said the money manager has increased compensation and staff but hasn’t produced acceptable returns.  Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner will temporarily become the fund manager’s chairman and sole director as the government of the Canadian province overhauls the firm.

The news release said Alberta’s government plans to appoint a new board chair within 30 days. In the interim, Horner has been appointed the sole director and chair for AIMCo. All previous board member appointments have been “rescinded” and a new board is to be established after a permanent chair is named, according to the release.

Alberta’s government named a long-serving bureaucrat as interim chief executive officer of the province’s pension fund manager following Thursday’s shock firing of the entire board.Ray Gilmour, who joined the public service in 2007 and currently serves as deputy minister of the executive council,