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Ontario Teachers’ invests $80M in Indian packaging operator, BCI boosts funding for quantum computing firm

bmcgovern — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:00:13 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is investing $80 million in logistics service provider Xpressbees. The Indian packaging and shipping company, which offers its services across the country, is using cutting edge technology to advance its business, according to a press release. “India is a critical market for our [Teachers’ Venture Growth] Asia strategy, where we […]

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BCI, Chinese energy company clash over position on non-independent board members

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:30:03 +0000

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is once again voting against nine proposals supported by the board of China Gas Holdings Ltd., including the re-election of five corporate directors. During its recent annual general meeting, the Hong Kong-based energy company’s management team had requested that investors vote in favour of the re-election of board members […]

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Institutional investors looking to Asia as economies start to bounce back from pandemic

ANNA CAMPION — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:56:50 +0000

Rising incomes and technological change in the emerging economies present considerable investment opportunities for investors with longer-term horizons. Investments in emerging markets weren’t spared the impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. But the ongoing crisis has had uneven effects, with economies and sectors reporting widely-varying results while revealing important lessons for investors in 2021 and […]

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MSCI signs licensing deal with Hong Kong Futures Exchange

mschmit — Fri, 29 May 2020 04:57:01 +0000

MSCI Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd. to introduce 37 futures and options contracts in Hong Kong based on a suite of indexes in Asia and emerging markets. The agreement expands on MSCI’s relationship with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., or HKEX, the owner of the […]

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What’s next for foreign investment in Vietnam?

mschmit — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 05:06:03 +0000

Vietnam has been growing at an impressive pace for several years, since it began to liberalize its economy in the mid-1980s. But there are still areas of friction for foreign institutional investors, namely the country’s relatively small scale capital markets and the ensuing issue of limited liquidity within them, says Sriyan Pietersz, an investment strategist […]

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