The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s executive vice-president of Quebec, Christian Dubé, is leaving the pension fund to run for the Coalition Avenir Quebec. The provincial political party confirmed to The Canadian Press that Dubé will run in the Montreal-area riding of La Prairie. He previously represented the Levis riding in the legislature between 2012 and […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has purchased 5.84 million additional shares in SPIE, a European multi-technical services provider. The investment, which totals more than $151 million, is in addition to shares the Caisse has been adding to since 2011, bringing its total investment in the company to more than $422 million. Read: Caisse posts […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s subsidiary CDPQ Infra has reached an agreement with the Canada Infrastructure Bank for the latter to invest in Montreal’s Réseau express métropolitain light-rail project. The investment comes to $1.28 billion and completes the project’s $6.3-billion financing. “We are pleased to participate in the funding of this important public […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate arm is acquiring two parcels of land in Ontario, California. Ivanhoé Cambridge intends to develop the land, at a cost of more than $587 million, into Colony Commerce Center, which will consist of 11 industrial buildings, about 280,000 square metres of leasable space. Read: CPPIB […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Alexandre Synnett as its new executive vice-president of digital technology and operations. With eight years of experience at the pension fund, Synnett was previously senior vice-president of operations; vice-president of operations for private equity, infrastructure and data management; vice-president of data management; and associate vice-president of the […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a 3.3 per cent average return for the first half of 2018, adding $9.8 billion since the end of 2017 and bringing its net assets to $308.3 billion as of June 30, 2018. “The market environment became more complex in the first half of the year,” said Michael Sabia, […]
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with global investment manager AMP Capital Investors Ltd. to provide more than $657 million in financing to U.S. developer Tillman Infrastructure. The investment will help finance the building of new telecommunications towers across the U.S., providing new ground for carriers to cover, as well as boosting […]
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate investment arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in partnership with Texas-based international real estate firm Hines Interests Ltd. Partnership, is breaking ground on a 47-storey office tower in Houston. The building, which is expected to be open in late 2021, already has two anchor tenants. Read: Ivanhoé Cambridge opens Edmonton airport […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $250 million in Avison Young Inc. The investment will help speed up the global commercial real estate firm’s strategic growth plan, according to a news release. “Avison Young’s track record and experienced team speak for themselves: through a well-defined and executed business strategy, the company has grown […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is expanding its partnership with Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. to launch a new investment co-operation focused on rental housing programs in China. The duo are targeting an initial investment of about $1 billion in two Chinese cities through developments, acquisition and master-lease of commercial assets that will be converted to rental housing. […]