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CDPQ Finances KKR's Acquisition of France's Albioma
Greentech Lead reports KKR offers to buy renewable energy producer Albioma:KKR & Co., a leading global investment firm, has made an offer to buy Albioma SA, a renewable energy producer in France,...
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AIMCo Expands Its Ownership in Howard Energy Partners
Today AIMCo announced it has expanded its ownership in Howard Energy Partners:Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Astatine Investment Partners’...
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OTPP Faces Hit on Crypto Trading Platform FTX
David Milstead and Temur Durrani of the Globe and Mail report Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan faces a hit on investment in crypto trading platform FTX:A big cryptocurrency investment by the Ontario...
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PSP's Herman Bril Discusses Their 2022 Responsible Investment Report
PSP Investments released its 2022 Responsible Investment Report demonstrating continued momentum on climate change commitments, data integration and active ownership: Highlights:Exposure to green...
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Cooler Inflation Means Good Times Lie Ahead?
On Thursday, Sarah Min and Alex Harring of CNBC reported the Dow pops 1,200 points, S&P 500 jumps 5% in biggest rally in two years after light inflation report: Stocks mounted their biggest rally...
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AIMCo's Ben Hawkins Talks Infrastructure, Transition Investing and More
Last Thursday, I had a chance to talk to Ben Hawkins, Head of Infrastructure, Renewables and Sustainable Investing at AIMCo.I contacted AIMCo and asked to talk to Ben following my recent post on AIMCo...
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CPP Investments' Net Assets Total $529 Billion in Q2 Fiscal 2023
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ekes out small gain on investments in second quarter: The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board eked out a gain of 0.2...
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FTX Disaster Exposes Weak Due Diligence From Top Investors?
Temur Durrani of the Globe and Mail asks as FTX’s ties in Canada grew, was due diligence done by regulators and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan?: The stunning implosion of FTX Ltd. has derailed its...
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Oxford Properties, Novaxia’s French Life Science JV Buys its First Asset
IPE Real Assets reports Oxford Properties, Novaxia’s French life science JV buys first asset: A newly partnership between Oxford Properties and French urban developer Novaxia has acquired a 21,000sqft...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q3 2022
Hank Tucker of Forbes reports Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout was a billion dollar windfall for these 13 hedge funds:For many hedge funds, Elon Musk’s $44 billion “forced” purchase of Twitter represented an...
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OTPP Announces Big Renewables Deal With NextEra Energy Partners, Sells...
Reuters reports NextEra Energy to invest $805 million on expanding renewables portfolio: NextEra Energy Partners LP (NEP) said on Friday it had signed a deal to acquire some solar and wind assets for...
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IMCO Releases its Interim Net Zero Targets
Palash Gosh of Pensions & Investments reports IMCO sets interim carbon-reduction target of 50% by 2030: Investment Management Corp. of Ontario, Toronto, plans to reduce the carbon emissions...
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CPP Investments and Enbridge Back France’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore...
Amanda Stephenson of the Canadian Press reports Calgary-based Enbridge announces completion of France’s first offshore wind farm:France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which was developed...
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Remembering Neil Petroff, OTPP's Former CIO
Earlier this week, I learned of the unexpected and tragic death of Neil Petroff, OTPP's former CIO.An official obituary isn't out yet, the family is understandably in shock and will hold a private...
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Ontario Teachers' Acquires 25% Stake in the UK's SSEN Transmission
Jameson Berkow of the Globe and Mail reports Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan pays $2.4-billion for stake in Scottish transmission line company:Two major Canadian investments announced Friday have...
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OMERS Private Equity Sells a Majority Stake in Trescal to EQT Infrastructure
Jan-Henrik Foerster of Bloomberg reports EQT in talks to take over €1.4 billion calibration firm Trescal: Private equity firm EQT AB is in exclusive talks to buy a majority stake in French calibration...
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PSP Investments' SPV Acquires Vineyards From Australia's Casella Family Brands
Adam McCleery of Food & Beverage reports Casella and Southern Premium Vineyards agree to long-term strategic partnership:Southern Premium Vineyards (SPV), the Public Sector Pension Investment Board...
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The CPP Fund is Resilient and Well Positioned During These Challenging Times
John Graham, CEO of CPP Investments, wrote a comment for the National Post on how Canadians should rest assured, Canada Pension Plan is resilient despite today's choppy markets:Recently, CPP...
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Much Ado About Wage Inflation?
Alex Harring and Tanaya Macheel of CNBC report the S&P 500 and Nasdaq end Friday lower after November jobs report; indexes notch weekly gainsStocks cut much of their earlier losses Friday as...
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CDPQ Targets $100 billion in Quebec Assets by 2026
Maxime Bergeron of La Presse reports CDPQ targets $100 billion in Quebec assets by 2026 (translated from French):The Caisse de depot et placement intends to fully press the accelerator pedal to...
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