Aug 11 (Reuters) - Caisse de depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) CDPDA.UL, Canada's second-biggest public pension fund, reported an average return on its investments of 5 percent in the first half of 2017, compared with a 2 percent rise in 2016.
CDPQ, which manages pension plans in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, said its net assets grew to C$286.5 billion ($225.82 billion), compared with C$270.7 billion at the end of 2016. all of 2016, CDPQ achieved an average return of 7.6 percent.
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