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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 ...

Investa Office Fund's Canadian bidder ups the stakes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
A Canadian real estate group has topped private equity juggernaut Blackstone's bid for the Investa Office Fund. Oxford Properties Group offered to pay $5.60 per share in cash to acquire 100% of IOF, according to company filings on Friday. This is 10 ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... that help decarbonise the energy system," van Daele said. Van Daele joined SUSI Partners a year ago from $285 billion Canadian real asset manager Brookfield, where he ran the European renewable energy team. He says one of the major changes that have ...

Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
A Canadian pension fund managing more than C$350 billion made its first Australian real estate debt investment with a $19 billion local asset manager. CPPIB Credit Investments - a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... importantly, its next-door neighbour's trade protectionism has had only limited impact on the domestic economy (so far). The Canadian central bank lifted its key overnight interest rate by 25 basis points on July 11 to 1.25% - the highest level since ...