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Caisse buys stake in Quebec-based logistics operator, CPPIB sells stake in South Korean logistics joint venture

bmcgovern — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:00:45 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring an equity stake in North American port terminal and logistics operator QSL International Ltd. The investment organization first invested in QSL in 2021 through loan deals. The deal is expected to close in mid-2024 and details of the transaction weren’t disclosed. “We are proud to take […]

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2022 Top 40 Money Managers Report: Geopolitics roaring back into focus for institutional investors

bwolfe — Fri, 13 May 2022 12:53:57 +0000

While politics plays a role in most investment decisions, it tends to arise on a fairly localized basis, says Michael Craig, head of the asset allocation and derivatives teams at TD Asset Management Inc. In addition, its prominence as a factor usually rises and falls on a cycle, slipping easily off investors’ radar in times […]

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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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China virus outbreak chilling recovery for Asian economies

mschmit — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:15:58 +0000

The virus outbreak in China has put South Korea’s economy into an “emergency situation,” its president says. Japan is on the brink of recession and big manufacturers are forecasting a whole world of woe. As many Chinese finally go back to work after their longest Lunar New Year holiday ever, the economic fallout from the […]

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Pension Podcast: How can institutional investors capture South Korea’s next wave of growth?

mschmit — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 05:00:14 +0000

Looking at South Korea today, it’s hard to believe the country was one of the world’s poorest just a few decades ago. But since the 1960s, its economy has been growing quickly. “In fact, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, it had one of the highest growth rates in the world, and at times in […]

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How can institutional investors capture South Korea’s next wave of growth?

mschmit — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 05:38:53 +0000

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China and India expected to drive EM growth: report

mschmit — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 03:42:43 +0000

While trade risk continues to plague global economies, India and China are expected to be major emerging market growth drivers, according to State Street Global Advisors’ mid-year global outlook report. If trade relations between the the U.S. and China improve, it could lead to a recovery in emerging markets overall, the report said. Both sides […]

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