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Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... Management is set to acquire 62% of Oaktree Capital, creating a $672 billion alternative investment behemoth. The 120-year-old Canadian firm will pay roughly $6.8 billion for the stake in Oaktree Capital. Following the transaction, the two companies ...

CFSGAM expands US footprint with senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... she managed real asset investments for CalPERS. Leigh Cruess joins as a senior adviser after 18 years with Enbridge, a Canadian energy transportation company. Prior to Enbridge, he was head of corporate development for UtiliCorp in Kansas City. Terry ...

Super fund chief executive to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... founding director of a non-profit aimed at improving the trade and investment between Australia and Canada, called the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce. CBA Group Super appointed Ruwanie Dias as the chief investment officer last year, replacing ...

Escala bought by growing US firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Focus has been on somewhat of a buying spree this month, having acquired Canadian firm Prime Quadrant on February 15 and Boston firm Foster Dykema Cabot the week before. Escala marks the fifth acquisition ...

QIC adds to global infrastructure team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... infrastructure business now has 12 direct investments including stakes in: Brisbane Airport and Port of Melbourne, a Canadian research facility, and parking concessions with US universities. It recently invested in a Boston university's parking systems ...

Canadian pension fund manager dumps Blue Sky

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
The strategic partnership between Blue Sky Alternative Investments and a $170 billion Canadian pension fund investment manager has been terminated. Blue Sky Water Partners has worked with Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) ...

PSP ramps up Aussie agriculture investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
The $166 billion Canadian pension investment manager PSP Investments has acquired a stake in an Australian grain and logistics company BFB. Already a major investor in Australia's agricultural sector, PSP Investments bought out private equity firm ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The world's largest ETF manager and Canada's largest asset manager are looking to transform the Canadian ETF market through a new strategic alliance. BlackRock and RBC Global Asset Management announced a partnership that will deliver the most comprehensive ...

AustralianSuper consortium renews bid for healthcare company

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... 11:47am today. The consortium made its first bid for HSO on April 26 at $2.36 per share. About three weeks later on May 14, Canadian private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management threw its hat in the ring, upping the consortium's offer at $2.50 cash ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... shall be called the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The new agreement is expected to be signed by US president Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto in 60 days before being sent to the US Congress ...