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Ivanhoé Cambridge increasing investment in real estate partnership, PSP Investments selling data centre operator stake

bmcgovern — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:00:22 +0000

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is increasing the size of its investment partnership with Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners to US$500 million. The investment partnership, which was originally formed in 2021, will continue to seek equity investments in multifamily properties, student housing and manufactured housing […]

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Caisse invests up to €300 million in European data centre operator, CPPIB sells Amitra Capital

bmcgovern — Fri, 17 May 2024 18:25:39 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is among a group of investors providing up to €750 million in financing to Vantage Data Centers. The Caisse and Ares Management are each contributing up to €300 million, while Schroders Capital’s private debt and credit alternatives team is contributing up to €150 million. The investment will […]

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AI presents opportunities, disruptions for DC pension plan investments

bwolfe — Fri, 10 May 2024 11:51:22 +0000

The evolution of artificial intelligence is creating new challenges and investment opportunities for defined contribution pension plan members, said Kathrin Forrest, equity investment director at Capital Group, during a session at Benefits Canada’s 2024 DC Plan Summit in February. While the technology itself isn’t new, AI has rapidly developed in recent years, exemplified by generative […]

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Demand for data centres rising as institutional investors seek to diversify real estate portfolios: expert

bmcgovern — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:00:01 +0000

Data centres are becoming an important asset for institutional investors seeking to diversify their real estate portfolios. The data centre asset class was valued at an estimated US$301.8 billion as of 2023, according to researcher P&S Intelligence, which also noted the value is expected to increase to US$622.4 billion by the end of 2030. Indeed, […]

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Caisse backing Australian agricultural platform, Ontario Teachers’ reinvesting in data centre provider

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:30:39 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is entering a strategic agricultural partnership with an Australian government bank. The investment organization and the Clean Energy Finance Corp. will launch an investment platform targeting farmland across Australia. The platform will make an initial allocation of $178 million over the next three years and its assets […]

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OTPP invests in data centre company, financial advisory firm, Caisse encourages diversity with new fund

mschmit — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 04:32:22 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a new US$360 million equity investment in a Singapore-based data centre developer, operator and investor. Founded in 2017, Princeton Digital Group has a current portfolio of 18 centres across China, India, Indonesia and Singapore. Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC is also participating in the investment. “We’re […]

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