Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

General

12 February, 2021

Grapevine: CPPIB places pre-conditions for SB Energy deal; Grofers eyes indirect US listing

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has placed several pre-conditions to acquire the 80% stake held by Japan’s SoftBank in ......

Finance

12 February, 2021

Canada's CPPIB Q3 net assets rise to C$475.7 bn

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) said on Thursday it ended the third quarter with net assets of C$475.7 ......

General

30 December, 2020

Grapevine: Yuri Milner to invest in Rupeek; Interups backs out of Air India race

Yuri Milner, the billionaire chief of global technology fund DST Global, is in advanced discussions to back gold-loans startup Rupeek, ......

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Finance

23 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: New PE bosses, rise of women at VCs in top people moves this year

The coronavirus pandemic threw a spanner in the hiring activities of private equity and venture capital firms as social distancing ......

General

16 December, 2020

Grapevine: NIIF emerges as top bidder for Mahindra Susten's assets

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has emerged as the top bidder to acquire about 617 megawatt worth of ......

Finance

08 December, 2020

Blackstone, KKR, CPPIB among PE firms, LPs to sign global initiative on diversity

Nearly 50 buyout firms and investors have signed a global initiative that aims to improve diversity and inclusion among their ......

General

26 November, 2020

Grapevine: CPPIB, ADIA eye India's smart meter rollout; DHFL bidders mull walkout

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) are interested in investing in ......

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Manufacturing

23 November, 2020

Canadian investor to back Sajjan Jindal's stressed steel asset acquisition

A marquee Canadian investor is set to back JSW Group’s acquisition of a stressed steelmaker.  The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ......

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TMT

09 November, 2020

Sovereign wealth fund joins Baring PE Asia for $2-bn Virtusa buyout

A sovereign wealth fund is coming in as the second co-investor in Baring Private Equity Asia’s $2 billion acquisition of ......

General

03 November, 2020

Grapevine: Aadhar Housing mulls IPO; KKR, others shortlisted for Mahindra solar assets

Aadhar Housing Finance, a portfolio company of alternative asset manager Blackstone, is evaluating an initial public offering (IPO), media reports ......