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Ontario Teachers' appoints head of APAC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has named Bruce Crane as its new executive managing director and head of Asia Pacific, succeeding Ben Chan. Crane takes over from Chan who retired earlier this month and will report to chief investment officer ...

Former QIC exec now OMERS risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
A longstanding QIC risk specialist has been named the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System's (OMERS) new chief risk officer, reporting to the Canadian pension fund's chief executive Blake Hutcheson. Joining OMERS in 2020, Deb Barnes ...

Canadian pension fund buys Aussie spud farm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) and its Australian agriculture subsidiary, AustOn Corporation acquired a majority interest in potato growing giant Mitolo Family Farms. With more than 50 years of operations, Mitolo Family Farms is the ...

Hines, Cadillac Fairview announce $1.5bn BTR deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... $1.5 billion of assets in the Australian build-to-rent (BTR) sector. Cadillac Fairview is the real estate division of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Leveraging both firms' expertise in the residential sector, the partnership aims to develop, own ...

Atlas Arteria ignores IFM opposition to latest deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... announced it has acquired 66.67% of Skyway Concession Company which runs the toll road, establishing a partnership with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. It's paid $2.9 billion for the stake, buying it from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and OMERS ...

Global pension fund snaps up telco stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board will acquire a 70% interest in Spark New Zealand's mobile towers business 'TowerCo' for $1.18 billion. Under the terms of the acquisition, Spark has entered into a 15-year agreement, including ...

3iQ introduces inaugural Australian products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. As early as 2016 3iQ began the process of approval for a publicly traded Bitcoin fund with the Ontario Securities Commission. In 2019 the fund manager submitted a prospectus for regulatory approval which was shot down under ...

CalPERS names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... years. Prior to that, she was senior managing director, head of private markets at Investment Management Corporation of Ontario for a year. Her most notable experience is with Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan where she spent close to 17 years in a variety ...

Link agrees to $3bn takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
... near-term, provides shareholders with certainty of value and the opportunity to realise their investment in full," he said. Ontario-based Dye & Durham provides cloud-based software solutions to financial services and legal firms, and government agencies. ...

Global pension fund backs Aussie renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... a major Canadian pension fund has acquired 49% of a local renewable energy platform. OMERS Infrastructure, part of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has purchased a 49% interest in FRV Australia from Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV). ...