Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) boss Leo de Bever shared his views on a wide range of topics when I sat down with him this week to discuss AIMCo’s results for 2012, when the big pension and endowment fund manager posted an impressive 10.2 per cent net return on assets.

Here’s an edited version of what de Bever had to say about where we’re at in the current bull market / economic cycle, the odds of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline getting approved, and the future of Alberta’s oilsands: