Oxford Properties Group, the global real estate arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, released its initial designs for the planned Union Park development in downtown Toronto. The four acre site, located just north of the city’s CN Tower, is set to become a 4.3 million square foot mixed-use space. The project, once completed, […]
The Desjardins Group Pension Plan is set to acquire a portion of EDF Renewables Canada Inc.’s stake in the Cypress Wind Project, pending the completion of its construction and other terms and conditions. Located southeast of Medicine Hat, Alta., the project will total 48 turbines with a combined capacity of 201.6 megawatts. Construction is expected […]
While environmental, social and governance factors are a hot topic in the investment world, hedge funds are falling behind, according to new data from Preqin. Currently, most hedge fund managers and investors don’t have an ESG policy in place. In fact, only 29 per cent of investors and 20 per cent of hedge fund managers […]
As allocations to alternative assets grow, private equity is the most popular, trailed closely by real estate according to data from Preqin for the first half of 2019. Currently 65 per cent of institutional investors hold private equity, 63 per cent own real estate and 51 per cent have hedge funds. Somewhat less popular are […]
More than half (61 per cent) of institutional investors think equities are peaking as 2019 gets rolling, according to research from Preqin. This number has been on the rise during the past 18 months, potentially hinting markets are due for a correction, the report noted. “It’s no surprise that this is throwing the role of […]
Top managers see global alternative assets rise to $5 trillion: survey
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