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Caisse invests in point-of-sale software company

Caisse invests in point-of-sale software company

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in Montreal-based Lightspeed POS Inc., a point-of-sale and e-commerce software solution for independent retailers and restaurateurs.…

  • By: Staff
  • October 18, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:45
Fossil fuel-free fund challenges perceptions about divestment with 16% annualized return

Fossil fuel-free fund challenges perceptions about divestment with 16% annualized return

Carbon divestment doesn’t have to mean sacrificing investment returns, a Canadian asset manager is arguing.  On Monday, Genus Capital Management Inc. released a report on…

  • By: Staff
  • October 16, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 17:58
CPPIB makes moves in global data centres, U.S. real estate

CPPIB makes moves in global data centres, U.S. real estate

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and partners are investing US$350 million in the Alpha Data Centre Fund, which aims to develop a portfolio of new and…

  • By: Staff
  • October 13, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 16:15
Caisse to buy stake in Quebec convenience store chain

Caisse to buy stake in Quebec convenience store chain

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is purchasing 11,369,599 Class A shares of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. from Metro Inc. Couche-Tard owns and operates nearly 9,500…

  • By: Staff
  • October 12, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 17:11
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Letter to pension plans: Why your fund should be free of tobacco investments

Would you invest in companies whose product kills seven million people every year, costs society $2 trillion annually in medical expenses, uses child labour in…

Ontario Teachers’, PSP Investments to acquire German ceramic manufacturer

Ontario Teachers’, PSP Investments to acquire German ceramic manufacturer

A consortium of funds that includes the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board has reached an agreement to acquire CeramTec…

  • By: Staff
  • October 11, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Caisse invests in Quebec payment processing company

Caisse invests in Quebec payment processing company

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Canadian private equity firm Novacap are investing in a Quebec-based payment processing and merchant services provider. With…

  • By: Staff
  • September 27, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:15
AIMCo invests in Calgary-based oilfield services company

AIMCo invests in Calgary-based oilfield services company

The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is investing in oilfield services company Western Energy Services Corp. with a $215-million financing deal. According to the agreement, the…

  • By: Staff
  • September 22, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 10:01
Caisse to rebalance portfolio, sell part of Quebec IT company

Caisse to rebalance portfolio, sell part of Quebec IT company

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and CGI Group Inc. are entering into an agreement that allows the Montreal-based information technology consulting company…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:30
Political instability, muted equity market affect Canadian pension solvency in August

Political instability, muted equity market affect Canadian pension solvency in August

The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans declined to 96.5 per cent in August, amid rising global political instability and subdued equity…

  • By: Staff
  • September 7, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 16:00
Caisse invests $141M in dental care software maker

Caisse invests $141M in dental care software maker

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is supplying $141 million in loans to Carestream Dental, a division of Carestream Health. The company develops,…

  • By: Staff
  • September 5, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 14:30
2017 Global Investment Conference: When the mispricing is right

2017 Global Investment Conference: When the mispricing is right

It can be difficult to find real alpha opportunities, which are based on consistently harvestable mispricings rather than a manager’s hard-to-replicate intuition. Certainly, the pages…

New N.B. public pension investment manager returns 6.2% in 2016

New N.B. public pension investment manager returns 6.2% in 2016

Vestcor Investment Management Corp. has posted a 6.16 per cent overall investment return for the year ending Dec. 31, 2016. Formerly known as the New…

  • By: Staff
  • August 23, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Ontario Teachers’ invests in U.S. wood-fire grill company

Ontario Teachers’ invests in U.S. wood-fire grill company

As barbecue season continues in full swing, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced its involvement in an investment in a U.S.-based wood-fired grill company.…

  • By: Staff
  • August 21, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 17:00
Caisse posts 5% return for mid-year 2017

Caisse posts 5% return for mid-year 2017

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has posted a return of five per cent for the first half of 2017 and a five-year…

  • By: Staff
  • August 11, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 14:30
Caisse to acquire stake in French in-vitro diagnostics company

Caisse to acquire stake in French in-vitro diagnostics company

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will acquire a minority stake in Sebia, a French in-vitro diagnostics company, from two European private equity…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:55
Median Ontario DB solvency falls to 89% in second quarter

Median Ontario DB solvency falls to 89% in second quarter

After seeing some progress in recent months, defined benefit pension plans in Ontario saw a drop in solvency levels during the second quarter. According to…

  • By: Staff
  • August 3, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:22
Ontario Teachers’ completes acquisition of global HR company

Ontario Teachers’ completes acquisition of global HR company

And investor group that includes the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has completed its acquisition of a majority of the outstanding equity interests in global…

  • By: Staff
  • August 1, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 15:00
Time to jump into Japanese equities: report

Time to jump into Japanese equities: report

A blend of fiscal and monetary policies and reforms meant to give the Japanese economy a kick-start seems to be working and has improved the…

  • By: Staff
  • July 31, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:30
Investors challenged by lack of disclosure on indigenous relations by Canadian business

Investors challenged by lack of disclosure on indigenous relations by Canadian business

Publicly traded Canadian businesses in large part lacking when it comes to reporting their relations with indigenous people, revealed a new report by the Shareholder Association for…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • July 28, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 10:19
IMCO makes first deal with investment in hardware provider

IMCO makes first deal with investment in hardware provider

Two days after it began managing the assets of its first two clients, the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is taking part in a deal…

  • By: Staff
  • July 27, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:27
Pension solvency liabilities rise amid low interest rates, returns: report

Pension solvency liabilities rise amid low interest rates, returns: report

Diversified pooled pension fund managers posted a median return of 0.7 per cent before management fees for the second quarter of 2017 and a median…

  • By: Staff
  • July 25, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 16:15
OMERS to sell business software provider for $1.7B

OMERS to sell business software provider for $1.7B

The private equity arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is selling a business software company to investment manager Partners Group for $1.72 billion.…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:15
CPPIB invests in British science and technology business park

CPPIB invests in British science and technology business park

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has agreed to buy a 50 per cent equity stake in a British business park for $329.6 million from…

  • By: Staff
  • July 14, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 14:00
Caisse finances Cogeco’s acquisition of U.S. cable systems

Caisse finances Cogeco’s acquisition of U.S. cable systems

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is helping Cogeco Communications Inc. acquire a network of cable systems in the United States with an equity…

  • By: Staff
  • July 10, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 11:08