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OMERS eyes EM opportunities with Singapore officeThe Canadian pension wants to make more direct investments and find investment partners in the Asia-Pacific region.
Terra Firma seals first deal since 2012The acquisition of Welcome Hotels will be the first deal-by-deal transaction for the Guy Hands-led firm.
- Terra Firma to sell Infinis landfill gas assets to 3i Infra
The Guy Hands-led firm first floated parent company Infinis Group in 2013 and subsequently rebought the shares.
- Terra Firma exits German motorway service firm
Tank & Rast has been sold by Terra Firma and RREEF Infrastructure to a group of four institutional investors.
- 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.
- Private equity boosts OMERS' 2009 results
The Canadian pension reported above-benchmark returns for its investments in private equity and infrastructure last year, with 13.9% and 10.9% respectively.
- OMERS chief: infrastructure is ‘almost perfect’ asset class
Michael Nobrega also said at a speech in New York that the 2-and-20 compensation model no longer works and active infrastructure investing is the wave of the future. He urged pensions to make allocations to the asset class and to make them large enough to invest in big-ticket assets.
- Heard on the street
After a busy month spent whizzing across New York from one industry gathering to the next, Cezary Podkul reports back with his Top 10 insights into the key trends in infrastructure
- OMERS: Fair value write-downs batter private equity portfolio
The Canadian pension's negative returns of 19.5% in public markets and 13.7% in private equity were partially offset by gains of 11.5% in infrastructure and 6% in real estate. OMERS' assets are now valued at C$44bn, versus C$52bn at the end of 2007.
- OMERS completes C$2bn Teranet acquisition
After three prior attempts to initiate takeover discussions with the Toronto Stock Exchange-listed income fund, Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment arm of OMERS, has finally completed a long-coveted acquisition.