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CPPIB's private equity portfolio soars 27%The value of the Canadian institutional investor's private equity fund holdings rose by more than C$4bn over a six-month period.
- Ex-KKR affiliate KSL targets $1.5bn for Fund III
Denver-based leisure investment firm KSL Capital has hit the fundraising trail.
- Alternatives boost CPPIB performance
The Canadian pension’s private equity, real estate and infrastructure holdings tempered losses from equities in the first fiscal quarter of 2011.
- Direct investors top Infrastructure Investor 30
For pensions looking to get into infrastructure, the inaugural ranking of the 30 largest infrastructure investors in the world – compiled by Infrastructure Investor magazine – shows that direct investing is the way to build a hefty investment programme in the asset class.
- CDC backs Multiples with $30m
The commitment takes the maiden fund of Renuka Ramnath's Multiples Alternate Asset Management one step closer to its $450m target.
- CPPIB, Onex make £3bn play for Tomkins
The Canadian private equity investors are at ‘advanced’ stages of due diligence for what would be the largest UK LBO this year.
- OMERS to invest $475m in NY development
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s real estate arm will reportedly be the lead equity partner with Related Companies for a $15bn development of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, after Goldman Sachs Real Estate Principal Investment Area withdrew from the deal.
- Gatwick bidders get extra time
The private bidders vying for the UK’s second largest airport have been given an extra month to complete their offers. The move comes a month after a 3i-led consortium retracted its bid amid reports that a £2bn price tag was too high.
- The ones to call
Flip through consumer, retail or healthcare pitchbooks and you’ll be sure to find career investment bankers touting 25 or 30 years of experience in their sector. But infrastructure is a relatively new vertical for most banks, and experienced advisors can be hard to come by. When you do your research of who is who in infrastructure M&A work, the following ten names are bound to pop up. We present them here in alphabetical order*