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Canadian pension funds invest $2.6 billion in Asia-Pacific region in 2023: report

bmcgovern — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:00:48 +0000

Canadian pension funds invested $2.6 billion in the Asia-Pacific region in 2023, according to a new report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. It found that between 2003 and 2023, roughly 30 per cent of all Canadian investment flows in the Asia-Pacific region were made by pension funds, noting investment flows began growing in the […]

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Canadian private equity market raises $4 billion in Q1 2024: report

bmcgovern — Thu, 30 May 2024 15:00:46 +0000

The Canadian private equity market raised $4 billion through 140 deals in the first quarter of 2024, a 52 per cent increase in deal values from the previous quarter, according to a new report by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. It found the average deal size in the Canadian private equity market […]

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Ontario Teachers’ co-sponsoring new Indian renewable energy fund, OPTrust considers selling stake in Spain transport infrastructure company

bmcgovern — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:00:16 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is co-sponsoring a new India-based infrastructure investment trust holding assets in the renewable energy space. The new fund raised US$165 million as part of an initial units offer and made its debut on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. this week. “This milestone not only reinforces our commitment to invest […]

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UPP appointing Brian Gill as chief technology officer, Luca Lupo leading OMERS Infrastructure’s London office

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:00:14 +0000

The University Pension Plan is appointing Brian Gill as its chief technology officer. In the new role, Gill will oversee the teams responsible for the UPP’s strategic initiatives, technology infrastructure, data analytics and business intelligence. He’ll also be involved in shaping the organization’s strategic and operational direction by providing input on a wide spectrum of […]

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BCI selling stake in $1.7BN Canadian trucking company

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:00:50 +0000

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is selling its stake in a Toronto-based trucking company. The investment manager will sell Pilot Freight Services, which specializes in transporting bulky business-to-business and business-to-consumer products, to Danish shipping company AP Moller-Maersk. According to the terms of a deal with the company’s current co-owners, the BCI and Atlanta Capital […]

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Caisse investing further in sustainable transportation, Ontario Teachers’ in cybersecurity, IT management

mschmit — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:40:17 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is continuing its investment partnership with MacKinnon, Bennett & Company Inc. in the form of a new joint $150-million investment in late-venture and early growth-stage companies focused on the decarbonization and transition to renewable-energy-powered transportation. The Caisse initially invested in the company in 2016 and again in […]

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