The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is reporting a nine per cent return for the fiscal year ending Mar. 31, 2018, a slight drop from its 12.4 per cent return in the previous year. The return generated $1.9 billion in added value, bringing the organization’s assets under management to $145.6 billion. It also increased its internally managed assets to […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is providing more than $481 million of seed lending to Australian-based Challenger Investment Partners Ltd., a global fixed income and real estate manger. The funding it set to go to middle-market real estate loans in Australia and New Zealand, which Challenger will source and manage. “This partnership marks our first real estate […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust are joining forces to aggregate a portfolio of U.S. industrial properties in key logistics markets. “The combination of AIMCo and CPPIB’s scale and sophistication creates a long-term opportunity that will meet the needs of our clients and stakeholders,” said […]
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 question is - will pension funds do the same?
Northern Trust Corp. is introducing an alternative fund services business for North America, aimed at addressing the needs of the evolving alternative asset management industry. Peter Sanchez, who has led the company’s hedge fund services since 2011, will lead the new business, which is part of Northern Trust’s corporate and institutional services. “Bringing private equity and hedge fund services […]
Plan makes $1 billion co-investment in a British residential company.
Globally, sovereign investors have enjoyed the hefty returns stemming from almost a decade of charging equity markets, but they’re set to make major moves into alternatives going forward, according to Invesco’s latest study. The study, which surveyed 126 sovereign investors and central bank reserve managers representing $17 trillion in assets, found an average equity return of 8.7 per […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a stake in Swiss sports data firm Sportradar. The CPPIB is making the acquisition, from Swiss private equity firm EQT Partners and other minor stakeholders, alongside growth equity firm TCV. The stake is valued at about $3.1 billion. “The sports data market, particularly real-time data, is a compelling long-term investment […]