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OMERS opens in LondonThe C$52bn Canadian pension plan with an in-house private equity arm has followed in the footsteps of the Ontario’s Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board by crossing the pond to source deals.
- OMERS invests C$50m in Canadian wireless
The Canadian pension’s private equity group has agreed to back BMV Holdings, which was launched by a private equity consortium following a wireless spectrum auction last summer.
- OMERS eyes large global assets
Corporate finance lawyer Jacques Demers will lead OMERS Strategic Investments, a new investment division tasked with making very large investments for the pension in 'global asset companies' including airports, real estate and energy projects.
- OMERS establishes first foreign office in London
The C$52bn Canadian pension plan with an in-house private equity arm has followed in the footsteps of Ontario Teachers’ and the CPPIB by crossing the pond to source deals.
- Direct effect
Three Canadian pensions are among the biggest direct private equity investors in the country. Teachers', OMERS and the Caisse are at turns partners, rivals and emulators of each other, and their respective programmes are the results of wildly divergent histories. David Snow reports from Toronto and Montreal