Aug 21 (Reuters) -
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' NET ASSETS TOP $200 BILLION IN FIRST HALF OF 2019
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - NET ASSETS REACHED $201.4 BILLION AS OF JUNE 30, 2019, A $10.3 BILLION INCREASE FROM DECEMBER 31, 2018
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - TOTAL-FUND NET RETURN WAS 6.3% FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS OF YEAR
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - FIVE- AND TEN-YEAR NET RETURNS, AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2018, WERE 8.0% AND 10.1%, RESPECTIVELY
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - IN FIRST HALF OF YEAR, HAD POSITIVE PERFORMANCE ACROSS EVERY ASSET CLASS IN PORTFOLIO, LED BY FIXED INCOME
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - TOTAL FUND LOCAL RETURN WAS 7.8% IN H1 2019
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - AS AT DEC 31, 2018, PLAN HAD ANNUALIZED TOTAL FUND NET RETURN OF 9.7% SINCE INCEPTION
* ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN - IN H1 2019, CURRENCY HAD NEGATIVE 1.3% IMPACT ON TOTAL FUND, RESULTING IN LOSS OF $2.5 BILLION