Desjardins Group and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec have made a $60-million investment in Telecon Group, becoming principal shareholders in the private telecom technology company.
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has raised its stake in home renovation retailer Rona Inc.
A group of pension experts, including a former chief actuary of the Canada Pension Plan, is calling on Canada's finance ministers to commit to expanding the CPP.
After months of speculation, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Teachers') has reached an agreement to sell its 79.53% ownership share in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE).
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) says it has decided not to sell Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE).
The New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation—which provides investment management services for the province’s public sector pension plans—saw the value of its portfolio decrease by 2.7% for the first six months of fiscal year 2011-2012. John Sinclair, the president and CEO of the corporation, said these types of short-term returns are not unusual given the equity […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) is acquiring a 50% interest in Inversiones Grupo Saesa Limitada, an electrical transmission and distribution company in Chile.
OMERS Private Equity has helped finance a management-led buyout of U.S.-based Great Expressions dental centres from affiliates of private equity firm Audax Group. Financial terms of the deal, announced Oct. 21, were not revealed. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Great Expressions operates 152 dental offices in seven states: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, […]
Maple Group Acquisition Corporation, the consortium of 13 financial institutions and pension funds looking to take control of the company that runs the Toronto Stock Exchange, extended its offer Thursday to Oct. 31. The proposal to acquire up to 80% of the shares of TMX Group Inc. was set to expire Friday. The offer is […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has announced its acquisition of six million common shares of Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services Inc., representing an additional investment of close to $200 million in the Quebec-based company. The shares are about 7% of the insurance company’s overall capital base of more than 84 million […]