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PSP Investments Discloses Investcorp Acquires a Majority Stake in...
PSP Investments put out a press release on how Investcorp acquired a majority stake in CrossCountry Consulting, a leading business advisory firm it owns along with RLH Equity Partners:The transaction...
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Three Cheers For Barb Zvan, CEO of the Year!
The Report on Business magazine recently named University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP) CEO Barbara Zvan CEO of the year: Each year, Report on Business magazine recognizes five leaders who’ve made...
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CPP Investments' JV With Ocean Winds Wins 2 GW California Wind Energy Lease
Nadia Lopez of CalMatters reports Feds Hold first-ever auction for California offshore wind farm leases:Federal officials yesterday auctioned off leases for 583 square miles of ocean waters off...
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This Time is Different, It's Much Worse!
Herbert Lash and Carolyn Cohn of Reuters report stocks fall, yields rise as inflation data sends mixed signals: Treasury yields rose and Wall Street stocks fell on Friday after data on U.S. producer...
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Oxford's Pierre Leocadio on Why They Want to Be a 'First Mover' in French...
Oxford Properties recently posted a Q&A with Pierre Leocadio, SVP, Head of Office, Retail and Life Science, Europe, discussing the opportunity in France, the Novaxia partnership and why Oxford...
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AIMCo Appoints Marlene Puffer to the Role of CIO
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) just announced that Marlene Puffer has been appointed to the role of Chief Investment Officer:Edmonton, Alberta – Alberta Investment Management...
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PSP Partners With Sandbrook to Invest in Norwegian Offshore Wind Services...
Kiel Porter of Bloomberg reports Canada’s PSP will invest $250 million to back Sandbrook’s Norwegian wind farm company:Canadian pension manager Public Sector Pension Investment Board, is putting $250...
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CPP Investments' CEO on the State of the Fund in December 2022
CPP Investments posted President and CEO John Graham's end of calendar year letter where he shares why 21 million Canadians can take comfort knowing that CPP Investments is resilient and the foundation...
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Is Higher For Longer Finally Sinking In on Wall Street?
Chuck Mikolajczak reports Wall Street ends lower for third straight day as recession worries rise: U.S. stocks dropped for a third straight session and suffered a second straight week of losses on...
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OTPP and Spark's Connexa Acquires 2degrees Mobile's Tower Assets
Paul Lipscombe, DCD's Telecoms Editor, reports that Connexa agrees $700m deal to acquire 2degrees’ passive infrastructure:Spark New Zealand's independent tower unit Connexa has agreed a deal to acquire...
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Catching Up With Nathalie Palladitcheff, CEO of Ivanhoé Cambridge
I recently had a chance to catch up with Nathalie Palladitcheff, CEO of Ivanhoé Cambridge, CDPQ's large real estate subsidiary. Initially, we were supposed to have a Teams meeting but since it is...
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Does Canada Need a Pension Champion?
Gavin Benjamin, a partner of retirement solutions at LifeWorks Inc., wrote a comment for Benefits Canada on whether Canada needs a pension champion:In the Expert Commission on Pensions’ 2008 review of...
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Are LPs Rethinking the Role of Private Equity Amid a Higher-Rate Era?
Alison McNeely of Bloomberg news reports private equity's tough year is showing no signs of letting up:Private equity titans including KKR & Co. and Thoma Bravo pursued unorthodox paths to...
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Some Japanese Coal For Christmas?
Sinéad Carew and Ankika Biswas of Reuters report Wall Street ends up as investors eye data for rate prospects, energy outperforms: The S&P 500 closed higher on Friday, in a light trading day ahead...
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Outlook 2023: A Historic and Painful Earnings Recession
Tim Kiladze of The Globe and Mail reports the unfortunate market reality is that financial corrections take time, and there’s (very likely) more pain to come:Everyone wants it to be over. The...
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PSP Investments' CEO on a New Partnership With AIMCo to Fund Private Loans
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Alberta pension manager AIMCo strikes deal with PSP after hiring away top executive: Alberta Investment Management Corp. has struck an agreement to jointly...
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CDPQ's CEO on Being Named 2022 Fund of the Year
Global SWF recently named CDPQ 2022 fund of the year and conducted an interview with Chalres Emond, its President and CEO:Industry analysts and commentators usually group all Canadian Funds together....
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On CalPERS' Billion Dollar Push For Diverse Emerging Managers in Private Markets
Dawn Lim of Bloomberg News reports that Calpers is making a $1 billion bet on small funds as the new CIO reshapes the pension:The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is making a $1 billion...
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Is Private Debt The Next Subprime Debt Crisis?
This post is going to raise a lot of eyebrows and concerns about the private debt boom and whether it's the next subprime debt crisis. Please take the time to read it carefully. Earlier this week, I...
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QuadReal Enters UK Real Estate Debt Market Through Précis Partnership
Arleen Jacobius of Pensions & Investments reports that QuadReal takes stake in Precis, commits $1.2 billion for real estate loans: QuadReal Property Group has taken a stake in U.K. real estate...
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