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CPPIB, AIMCo re-invest in telecom infrastructure giant, BCI in logistics firm

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:00:33 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. are together investing $2.4 billion in the Australian digital infrastructure company BAI Communications Pty. Ltd. The funds have been earmarked to support BAI’s global growth strategy and acquisitions. BAI recently announced a partnership agreement with Transport for London to deliver high-speed mobile coverage […]

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CPPIB ups U.K. logistics allocation, PSP invests in Paris real estate

mschmit — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 11:00:07 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is allocating an additional £300 million of equity to investments in the U.K.’s logistics sector. The investment is taking place via the Goodman U.K. partnership, which was established in 2015, with Goodman Group and APG Asset Management each allocating the same amount. The CPPIB has entered similar partnerships with […]

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CPPIB investing in Japanese logistics

mschmit — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:00:42 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is taking part in the launch of the GLP Japan income fund, a private Japanese open-ended logistics fund. The deal is the latest in the pension fund’s partnership with Global Logistics Properties Ltd., which kicked off in 2011 when the two parties formed a 50-50 joint venture. While the venture has been expanded multiple […]

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Ontario Teachers’ invests in Indian private credit

mschmit — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 05:52:34 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board is investing US$350 million with Indian private debt manager Edelweiss Alternate Asset Advisors. The investment represents a long-term partnership between the Ontario Teachers’ and parent company Edelweiss Group, which will focus on performing and distressed private credit investment opportunities within India. “We are pleased to enter into a long-term […]

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Caisse’s real estate arm investing in logistics site in Australia

mschmit — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:15:09 +0000

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate arm, is entering into an agreement with real estate logistics specialist LOGOS Group to acquire a development site in Australia. The organization plans to develop the site, located in one of Melbourne’s key infill northern industrial suburbs, into a $230 million logistics estate […]

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Coronavirus pummels certain real estate assets, bolsters others

mschmit — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:15:24 +0000

While real assets have traditionally served institutional investors well during times of economic stress, the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic are starting to take their toll in some places. In commercial real estate, investors will likely re-evaluate their capital spending for 2020 in pockets like Edmonton and Calgary with the areas hit hard by the […]

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CPPIB part of development joint venture in South Korea

mschmit — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:15:38 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, alongside Dutch pension fund ASG and asset manager ESR Cayman Ltd., has entered into a new strategic agreement to establish a new development joint venture in South Korea with a total equity allocation of US$1 billion. The joint venture, ESR-KS II, will invest in and develop an industrial and […]

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Ivanhoé Cambridge boosts U.K. logistics investments

mschmit — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:00:26 +0000

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate subsidiary, is expanding its logistics investments in the U.K. through the acquisition of four development projects through its partnership with British logistics and industrial property business PLP. The four sites, which have a combined land area of more than 130 acres, are located in […]

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Ivanhoé Cambridge, Oxford Properties team up to buy U.S. logistics real estate developer

mschmit — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 05:45:30 +0000

The real estate investing arms of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System are teaming up to invest in the U.S.-based IDI Logistics. “We are delighted to be working with Oxford on this venture for the future success of IDI Logistics, a company which consistently builds, operates and […]

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Caisse boosts investment in Canadian logistics provider

mschmit — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:00:20 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will make additional investments in Metro Supply Chain Group Inc., a Canadian third-party logistics services provider. The pension fund initially invested in the company in April 2018 when it began acquiring logistical and distribution companies linked to the e-commerce sector. “We are pleased to continue and strengthen […]

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