Canadian public equities led the way as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a 12 per cent return in its latest fiscal year. On Thursday, the CPPIB announced the fund saw an increase of $37.8 billion at the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2017, with net assets of $316.7 billion compared to […]
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has launched a European hub focused predominantly on private equity, private debt, infrastructure and real estate. The London, England-based office, which has 28 professionals, is part of an effort aimed at strategic, industry-specialized investments across Europe, according to a news release. Read: PSP Investments’ assets generated 1% return in […]
Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment manager of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has signed an agreement to acquire a 34.6 per cent stake in a liquified natural gas company based in Chile. The remaining stakeholders in GNL Quintero S.A. include Enagás, a large builder and operator of regasification plants and pipeline systems and Empresa […]
To move beyond the limitations that can arise from a domestic investment approach, there are compelling reasons for institutional investors to look beyond North America. A global approach to infrastructure investing can provide multiple benefits to investors, including global demand for infrastructure, enhanced diversification and significant deal flow. 1. Global demand for infrastructure Globally, there […]
Ottawa should encourage widespread investment in existing and new infrastructure by institutional investors, such as pension plans and insurers, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. “Canadian governments are on the verge of the largest infrastructure spending increases in decades, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars,” said the report’s […]
Plan posts an increase of nearly two percentage points compared to last year’s return.
Canadian pension plans’ love affair with foreign ports, particularly those in Australia but extending also to the United Kingdom and the Persian Gulf region, shows no signs of abating, with only an overheated market and a potential shortage of supply standing as roadblocks on the horizon. But with Canada’s federal government looking for pension funds […]
The infrastructure investment manager of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has joined a consortium that’s investing in Britain’s largest water company. OMERS’ Borealis Infrastructure and Wren House Infrastructure Management Ltd., the infrastructure investing arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority, will be acquiring a 26 per cent stake in Kemble Water Holdings Ltd. from Macquarie Infrastructure […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced a new partnership with a U.S.-based developer of clean-energy transmission projects. The partnership with Wakefield, Mass.-based Anbaric will create a new development company, Anbaric Development Partners, with the aim of refreshing aging transmission networks in North America through clean-energy infrastructure projects. While the Anbaric management team will lead the […]
Investors have long had a fascination with emerging markets and their prospect for higher growth rates, leading to a variety of investments in everything from bonds and equities, both public and private, to real estate, infrastructure and agriculture. Emerging market equities haven’t delivered on their expected promise, underperforming developed markets in the five-year period ending December 2016. […]