The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing $673.5 million to indirectly acquire shares of global insurance company Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings. AIMCo signed a…
More than a quarter of adults in the Netherlands smoked in 2012, according to the World Bank. And the country’s pension funds are even more…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and French industrial services company SUEZ will acquire General Electric Co.’s water and process technologies business. The transaction,…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has acquired 8.7 million additional shares of 5N Plus, a specialty metal and chemical products producer headquartered in…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has acquired HSBC Bank Place and Enbridge Place in Edmonton, Alta. The investment adds more than 550,000 square feet of…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the AES Corp. have agreed to acquire U.S. solar developer FTP Power LLC (sPower) from Fir Tree Partners and…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System improved its net investment return to 10.3 per cent at the end of 2016 compared to 6.7 per cent…
As it continues to build an ‘all-terrain’ portfolio, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a return of 7.6 per cent in 2016. This…
More than a third (34 per cent) of global institutional investors invest in four or more alternative asset classes, according to a new report by…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québe and Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins have reinvested $90 million in Capital Croissance PME, a fund created to…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing in Calgary-based energy company Perpetual Energy Inc. by agreeing to a $45 million debt-with-warrants financing. Under the agreement,…
There will be clear winners and losers if U.S. President Donald Trump continues with plans to reform trade and financial regulations this year, according to…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has created two new funds to build on its existing offer available to Quebec-based companies. The funds —…
Ten Canadian pension funds are among the top 100 global private equity investors, according to a new report by data and intelligence company Preqin. The…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans closed out 2016 with an annual return of 6.8 per cent, up from 5.4 per cent in 2015, according to…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board have completed their acquisition of U.S.-based TeamHealth Holdings Inc. for about…
Large institutional investors plan to put more cash towards less liquid assets this year, according to a new study by BlackRock Inc. Its survey of…
The Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada has invested $11 million in NRStor Inc., a private Toronto-based energy storage project developer. In addition…
Alberta Investment Management Corp. has entered into a strategic financing relationship with Razor Energy Corp., an oil and gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alta. AIMCo…
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is now the majority shareholder of a European credit manager after buying shares from a consortium of institutional investors including…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will invest US$1 billion to indirectly acquire about 21 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares of Allied…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board and investment manager Partners Group will acquire Cerba HealthCare, a European medical laboratory services operator, from private equity firm…
Canadian pension plans should expect a decrease in returns across all asset classes and a weakening in investment opportunities in 2017, according to an economic…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has invested in a United States-based wholesale data centre developer in partnership with RedBird Capital Partners. Established in 2011 and…
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will acquire an approximate 48 per cent stake in GlobalLogic Inc., a digital product development services company, from Apax Partners…