<p>Alternative investments have been the name of the game for many of the leaders on&nbsp;Benefit Canada&lsquo;s list of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.benefitscanada.com/news/2017-top-100-pension-funds-report-the-evolution-of-db-pensions-100081">fastest-growing pension funds for 2016</a>.</p> <p>Both the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, ranked third on the list of fastest-growing plans at 10.65 per cent growth, and Alberta Teachers&rsquo; Retirement Fund Board, ranked fourth at 10.6 per cent, saw robust performances from most of their alternative assets classes, including their real estate, infrastructure and private equity portfolios.</p> <p>At OMERS, private equity returned 12.6 per cent, with real estate following closely at 12.4 per cent and infrastructure at&nbsp;11 per cent. The Alberta fund&nbsp;saw a 16 per cent return for infrastructure, 10 per cent for real estate and five per cent for private equity.</p>