Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This represents a 34% increase in size from its predecessor fund, Rubicon Technology Partners III, which closed in 2020. Rubicon enables companies to adapt to the changing requirements of their businesses as they grow and scale using a unique set of proprietary processes, best practices and a portfolio-wide engagement model.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 10, 2024

CDPQ is one of the only investors in the world to have made a commitment to encourage tax best practices at its portfolio companies, including compliance with a minimum tax rate of at least 15%, as recommended by the OECD and supported by the G20. Governance CDPQ employs solid governance practices.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 24, 2024

The move follows a similar initiative by Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund, announced last June. This decision is in line with the evolution of the real estate subsidiaries and numerous initiatives launched within the CDPQ group in recent years to implement best practices and achieve efficiency gains for CDPQ and its depositors.

Pension Funds 59

Pension Funds Best Practices Leveraging Legal 59

Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

Big pension funds invest in big student housing programs because they're recession-proof businesses that add defensive cashflows to their portfolio. That's obviously important, but there's a defensive component to purpose-built student accommodation that pension funds very attractive. What about Canada?

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Pension Funds Education Leveraging Assets 59

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Speaking of heightened transparency, it would be nice if Canada's large pensions funds provided a lot more details on the carbon emissions in their own portfolios. No doubt, the Canadian pension fund industry is a trailblazer in best practices for risk management but more needs to be done.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 10, 2024

That's why the last-mile logistics sector continues to offer solid fundamentals and Canada's pension funds all have invested in this sector in Europe and elsewhere via strong strategic partnerships (joint ventures where they put up most of the capital and pay no fees).

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2023

The growth came as the fund earned a 12-month total-fund net return of 4.8 The pension fund, which invests to pay for the retirement for 336,000 working members and pensioners, noted that as of Jan. 1 the plan was fully funded with a $17.5-billion billion funding surplus. per cent and 8.6

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