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CDPQ’s Leong on tax planning: ‘We believe in playing fair’

The Canadian investor has made good tax governance part of its ESG approach, the LP’s managing director for Asia-Pacific says.

3 min read · 21 September 2021

Deals

Diverse-owned start-ups fight climate change with ‘bootstrap innovation’

The venture community’s use of ‘pattern matching’ past successes to find the next big opportunity has excluded many female- and diverse-owned start-ups from raising capital. But as climate-tech investing gains steam, these start-ups that are showing some of the greatest potential to innovate in lower-income communities.

10 min read · 03 May 2021

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GIP’s Ogunlesi: Systemic racism is not a ‘thing of the past’

Recent police killings of African Americans are forcing a national reckoning over how minorities are treated in all parts of society – including in private markets, says the infrastructure giant's founder.

4 min read · 01 July 2020

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Secondaries, distressed debt have uptick in LP interest – survey

These two strategies are the only alternative asset classes in which interest grew compared with last year, according to a report by Probitas Partners.

3 min read · 11 May 2020

Big Tech is coming for infrastructure 3.0

Alphabet’s entry into the asset class foreshadows a potential disruption that will force investors to choose between betting on tech or being disrupted themselves.

9 min read · 07 November 2019

News & Analysis

Colony Capital unveils succession plan amid M&A deal

The firm, which acquired Abraaj’s LatAm business in April, has acquired digital infrastructure manager Digital Bridge and tapped its founder as its new CEO.

2 min read · 29 July 2019

News & Analysis

Private markets lift OMERS after tough year in equities

Strong private equity returns helped to offset negative performance in public equities, leaving the Canadian pension fund with a 2.3% overall return.

2 min read · 26 February 2019

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How aligned are Blackstone and its LPs with Saudi Arabia’s PIF?

The risks of sharing a blind pool where the sovereign wealth fund plays such an outsized role are being thrown into sharp relief.

3 min read · 29 October 2018

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Blackstone confident, sees ‘challenges’ to Saudi-backed infra fund

Two LPs who committed to the $40bn vehicle said they are monitoring the situation involving a journalist's disappearance and the questions surrounding Saudi Arabia's potential involvement.

3 min read · 19 October 2018

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LPs push Blackstone to raise infra fund’s hurdle rate at first close

One investor said the original rate was ‘just not a standard hurdle’.

5 min read · 30 July 2018

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