The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is acquiring a battery storage provider. The investment organization will acquire Eku Energy from Macquarie Asset Management. The company designs electrical storage systems and operates a portfolio of these in projects in Australia, Europe and Japan. In the release, Lincoln Webb, executive vice-president and global head of infrastructure and […]
The real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is extending a lease to a major media organization. According to the terms of the deal between Ivanhoé Cambridge and News Corp., the media company will continue to lease six hectares of space within a Manhattan office building to Fox News, a […]
In 2018, Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, engaged the services of Women in Governance, an organization dedicated to increasing gender parity and diversity at Canadian employers. “This program helps us ask the right questions to make sure we’re implementing the right policies to increase gender […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a stake in a financial management company. The Universal Investment Group Llc, which operates several offices throughout Europe, has about €760 billion in assets under administration. Its administration, structuring and distribution solutions services are used by 470 institutional investors. It also offers advisory services related to securities, […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is making a second contribution to a real estate joint venture expanding its industrial warehouse portfolio in Korea’s largest metropolitan areas. In 2020, the CPPIB made an initial contribution of US$450 million to the joint venture, which was launched by ESR Cayman, a real estate investment firm. The joint […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is entering a joint venture to develop offshore wind projects. In a deal reached with Corio Generation Ltd., the Ontario Teachers’ will receive a 50 per cent stake in the joint venture in exchange for a US$1 billion investment. The funds will be used to develop 14 fixed bottom and floating […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is selling its maritime infrastructure subsidiary. The deal with VINCI Concessions Canada Inc. will see the OMERS hand off BPC Maritime Corp., which the pension fund has held as a wholly owned subsidiary since 2003. While the exact terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, the BPC will retain its 65.1 […]
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is jointly sponsoring the launch of a company managing timberland assets located in the southeastern U.S. Together with the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, the BCI will launch Caddo Sustainable Timberlands, which will manage 312,500 hectares of forests located in Texas and Louisiana. With the timberlands certified by the […]
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is entering a new joint venture to construct multifamily rental units in Chile. The deal, reached with Greystar Real Estate Partners, will focus on build-to-rent properties in Santiago, the nation’s capital and largest city. In a press release, Adriano Mantesso, […]
Eight Indigenous groups and an Alberta-based energy company are becoming the co-owners of a pipeline in which the Alberta Investment Management Corp. has a majority stake. The TC Energy Corp. is selling its 15 per cent stake in the Northern Courier Pipeline, which transports bitumen along a 90 kilometer route between Fort Hills Mine and […]