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OMERS acquires Italian railway station operator, CPPIB selling office asset for US$264M

bmcgovern — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:00:56 +0000

The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System’s infrastructure arm is partnering with an infrastructure investment fund managed and advised by DWS Group to acquire Italy-based Grandi Stazioni Retail. The operator manages the commercial and advertising spaces in 14 of the country’s major railway stations and hubs for its high-speed rail network. The financial details of the […]

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CPPIB investing in U.S., Italian telecommunications operators

bmcgovern — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:00:30 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is joining an investment group acquiring Italian telecommunications provider NetCo. The investment organization will acquire a 17.5 per cent stake of the company for up to $2.9 billion. The deal, which also includes Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority), Italian infrastructure fund F2i […]

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Coronavirus poses tough challenge for economic policymakers

mschmit — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:20:44 +0000

The fast-moving coronavirus isn’t just confounding health officials. It’s also bedevilling policymakers and central bankers who are struggling to assess the economic damage from an outbreak that’s reached 37 countries and territories, infected 80,000 people and killed 2,700 worldwide. They don’t know where or how fast the virus will spread. They can’t draw on clear […]

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Populism here to stay, economy already feeling the consequences

mschmit — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:47:57 +0000

Rewind to 2017. It was a very unusual year, with global growth receiving a boost from a combination of ultra-supportive financial conditions, a temporary boom in the global trade cycle and the absence of any adverse political or financial shocks, said Darren Williams, senior vice-president and director of global economic research at AllianceBernstein, speaking at […]

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Italy, equities and the European Commission’s autumn economic forecast

mschmit — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 05:20:06 +0000

On Thursday November 8, the European Commission published its 2018 Autumn Economic forecast, predicting that in 2019 Italy’s deficit will increase to 2.9 per cent of GDP and in 2020 it is projected to reach 3.1 per cent of GDP. This would put Italy offside with EU Stability and Growth Pact’s deficit limit of three […]

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Italian ‘Defense Fund’ Launching

mschmit — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:08:05 +0000

20 billion euro contribution will also draw from state pensions.

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