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Canadian pension plans facing unexpected taxes in EU countries: PIAC

bmcgovern — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:00:26 +0000

Canadian pension plans are facing unforeseen taxation of dividends in European Union countries like Germany and the Netherlands, said the Pension Investment Association of Canada. In an open letter, the PIAC said its members have endured a discriminatory dividend taxation relative to settled European tax law and the free movement of capital within the EU […]

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Ontario Teachers’ backs Indian financial software company, invests in German logistics assets

bmcgovern — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:00:44 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s late-stage venture and growth investment arm is investing $80 million in India-based financial software company Perfios. The company serves the banking, financial service and insurance industries across 18 countries and will use the investment to expand its international footprint. As part of the transaction, Darius Vakil, a director at Teachers’ Venture […]

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OMERS invests $546.8M in sports conglomerate, CPPIB sells stake in German wind farm assets

bmcgovern — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:00:38 +0000

The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is acquiring an indirect five per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. The shares are part of a 20 per cent stake the OMERS is buying in Kilmer Sports Inc., which owns 25 per cent of MLSE. The deal is worth $546.8 million. The MLSE owns the Toronto […]

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Caisse, CPPIB investing in European industrial facilities

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 17 May 2022 13:30:31 +0000

The real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring an 11.5 hectare warehouse in Germany. The facility — located in Hamburg, near Europe’s busiest freshwater freight port — serves as a distribution centre for the H&M Group, which will continue to lease the entire facility under its new ownership, […]

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Buckle Up For Geopolitics in 2017

mschmit — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:38:05 +0000

In an exclusive Q&A, Janice Stein talks about our “hinge moment”

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Why Greece Must Go

mschmit — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:05:37 +0000

Leaving the Eurozone would solve a lot of problems, both now and in the future.

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