Infrastructure
La Caisse is a world leader in infrastructure investments, with more than 25 years of experience. Our team makes direct investments in companies involved in various types of infrastructure in the developed markets as well as in targeted growth markets. These assets include ports, airports, highways, wind farms, public transit systems, and energy transportation and distribution networks.
Through our subsidiary CDPQ Infra, we also act as a developer in certain infrastructure projects by providing integrated management of the planning, financing, construction and operating phases.
Infrastructure portfolio
$64.0 B
Net assets as at December 31, 2024
14%
Of La Caisse’s total portfolio
19
Number of countries in which we have infrastructure investments
2nd
Largest institutional investor in infrastructure in the world, according to Infrastructure Investor’s GI 75 rankings
Our exposure
Infrastructure
By geography
Infrastructure
By sector
Our objective
We focus on tangible assets that can generate stable and predictable investment income over the long term while protecting our capital from inflation. With our subsidiary CDPQ Infra, we seek to create more value by developing and operating infrastructure projects.
Our investment approach
- Invest in promising assets and markets in a prudent and rigorous manner
- Focus on assets for which we fully understand the value and risks across the long-term horizon
- Use investment platforms to establish strategic partnerships to undertake transactions
- Add value to our investments by working with partners and management teams to identify and implement performance-enhancing initiatives
Leadership
Emmanuel Jaclot
Executive Vice-President and Head of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Eduardo Farhat
Managing Director, Infrastructure, Latin America and Managing Director, CDPQ Brasil
Vivian Nicoli
Managing Director, Infrastructure, Europe and Managing Director, CDPQ Paris
Olivier Renault
Managing Director, Infrastructure, North America
Guillaume Aubert
Managing Director, Asset Management and Valuation, Infrastructure
Rana Karadsheh-Haddad
Managing Director, Infrastructure, Asia Pacific
Selected investments
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Our infrastructure subsidiary
CDPQ Infra employs an innovative model to efficiently and effectively execute major public infrastructure projects. Through this model, La Caisse leverages its infrastructure expertise and adopts international best practices to deliver projects on time and on budget.
CDPQ Infra aims to generate commercial returns for La Caisse and its partners, while delivering promising projects that create jobs, boost productivity and support economic growth.
Réseau express métropolitain
The REM is an integrated public transportation network currently being deployed in Greater Montréal. Once completed, the REM will connect downtown, the South Shore, the North Shore, the West Island and the airport.
A structuring project for Quebec
Learn more about the REM89%
of the REM’s construction costs are incurred in
1,964
Québec-based suppliers of products and services involved in the
19,500
homes built or planned near a station since
2023
Commissioning of a first REM branch linking Brossard to Montréal’s Gare Centrale station
2025
commissioning of a second branch extending the REM to Deux‑Montagnes
26
stations on a network that will eventually extend over
3
connections to the metro, plus multiple connections to bus networks
7 days
operating 7 days a week
Wi-Fi + universal access