CDPQ – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Canada’s largest pension funds come together at inaugural climate change event https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/canadas-largest-pension-funds-come-together-at-inaugural-climate-change-event/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=102156 Representatives from eight of Canada’s largest pension funds — known as the Maple Eight — participated in the first meeting of the Sustainable Finance Action Council last week. On June 11, representatives of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Canada Pension […]

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]]> OTPP invests in data centre company, financial advisory firm, Caisse encourages diversity with new fund https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/otpp-in-private-equity-investments-caisse-encourages-diversity-with-new-fund/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 04:32:22 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/otpp-in-private-equity-investments-caisse-encourages-diversity-with-new-fund/ The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a new US$360 million equity investment in a Singapore-based data centre developer, operator and investor. Founded in 2017, Princeton Digital Group has a current portfolio of 18 centres across China, India, Indonesia and Singapore. Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC is also participating in the investment. “We’re […]

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]]> Caisse makes first infrastructure equity investment in Spain, CPPIB to sell stake in London real estate https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:52:59 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is buying a portfolio of 73 photovoltaic plants from Q-Energy Ltd., the first step in creating a new platform in Spain that seeks to aggregate further renewable assets. The transaction will be finalized in the coming months, after which Q-Energy will continue to provide comprehensive management of […]

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]]> Caisse investing in cyber security company https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-investing-in-cyber-security-company/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 05:09:52 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-investing-in-cyber-security-company/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is co-leading a $55 million series D financing round for Onapsis, an application cyber security and compliance company. The investment raised through the fundraising round, which is being co-led by NightDragon Security with strong participation from existing investors, will be used to significantly scale the company through […]

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]]> Caisse part of group investing $150M in Quebec-based agri-food company https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-part-of-group-investing-150m-in-quebec-based-agri-food-company/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:15:54 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-part-of-group-investing-150m-in-sollio-cooperative/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is part of a group investing $150 million in Quebec-based agri-food company Sollio Cooperative Group. The other investors include Rabobank Capital, a co-operative bank in the Netherlands, as well as two Quebec-based investment funds, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Fondaction. “Sollio Cooperative Group plays a leading […]

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]]> Canadian pension plans sign new investor statement on diversity and inclusion https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/canadian-pension-plans-sign-new-investor-statement-on-diversity-and-inclusion/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:32:33 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canadian-pension-plans-sign-new-investor-statement-on-diversity-and-inclusion/ Canadian institutional investors representing more than $2.3 trillion in assets under management have signed a new statement on diversity and inclusion. The list of signatories on the joint statement, which was coordinated by the Responsible Investment Association, includes the Alberta Investment Management Corp., Bâtirente, the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the Caisse de dépôt et […]

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]]> Caisse invests in agri-food sustainability, OMERS and Ontario Teachers’ sell stake in smart-metering company https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/caisse-invests-in-sustainability-omers-and-ontario-teachers-sell-stake-in-utility/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:21:54 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-invests-in-sustainability-omers-and-ontario-teachers-sell-stake-in-utility/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and multi-stage investment firm S2G Ventures are creating a co-investment partnership whereby the Caisse will invest up to US$125 million over the next three years in ventures that aim to make the food and agriculture industry more sustainable and climate friendly. “By enabling investments in ventures and […]

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]]> Caisse, DP World to invest US$4.5 billion in global ports https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/caisse-dp-world-to-invest-us4-5-billion-in-global-ports/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 05:01:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-dp-world-to-invest-us4-5-billion-in-global-ports/ International port operator DP World reached a deal Thursday with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to pour an additional US$4.5 billion into their joint venture of ports and terminals. The new capital signals a major push to expand and brings the total amount invested by one of the world’s largest port operators […]

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]]> Caisse de dépôt posts negative 2.3 per cent return in first six months of 2020 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/caisse-de-depot-posts-negative-2-3-per-cent-return-in-first-six-months-of-2020/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:37:14 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-de-depot-posts-negative-2-3-per-cent-return-in-first-six-months-of-2020/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec says the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic resulted in posting a negative return of 2.3 per cent during the first six months of 2020. The pension fund manager’s net assets stood at $333 billion as of June 30, down from $340.1 billion as of Dec. 31, […]

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]]> OMERS acquiring stake in Australian electricity infrastructure company https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/omers-acquiring-stake-in-australian-electricity-infrastructure-company/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:27:55 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/omers-acquiring-stake-in-australian-electricity-infrastructure-company/ The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is acquiring a 19.99 per cent stake in TransGrid, an Australian electricity infrastructure company. The organization’s high-voltage transmission network connects around eight million people to the electricity supply. With a high proportion of regulated business making up about 90 per cent of its leased assets, TransGrid offers investors like […]

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