This morning, two years after the signature of the declaration to revitalize the east end of Montréal, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (through its subsidiary CDPQ Infra) has unveiled, together with the Gouvernement du Québec and the Ville de Montréal, a new Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project for the sector.

St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada), a wholly owned subsidiary of Votorantim Cimentos, and McInnis Cement Inc. today announced that they will combine their assets to create a combined entity to manufacture, distribute and sell cement in Canada and the United States.

Xebec Adsorption Inc. (TSXV: XBC) (“Xebec” or the "Corporation"), a global provider of clean energy solutions, is pleased to announce it has entered today into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Green Vision Holding B.V., the parent company of HyGear Technology and Services B.V. (“HyGear”) in the Netherlands for consideration of €82.0 million (approximately $127.3 million) and the assumption of €18.4 million (approximately $28.6 million) in net debt (the “Acquisition”), of which HyGear shareholders are to receive approximately $65.2 million in cash and 10,301,824 Xebec common shares (“Common Shares”) at a price of $6.03 per share.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) today announces that Macky Tall has resigned from his positions at CDPQ and its subsidiaries. 

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a leading institutional investor, announced a strategic investment in IEX Group (IEX), a New York City-based financial technology company and the eighth largest stock exchange operator globally in terms of the value of shares traded every day. 

More and more open conversations about diversity and inclusion are being held, leading to an increasing number of positions being taken. Which makes sense.

Inigo Limited (Inigo), a new insurance group, announces that it has successfully completed a capital raise of approximately $800 million from a consortium of global investors comprising (amongst others) funds controlled by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Enstar, J.C. Flowers & Co., Oak Hill Advisors, Qatar Investment Authority, Stone Point and Inigo’s management team.

Ivanhoé Cambridge acquired from Catella Logistic Europe a 36,000 m² logistics warehouse in Roye (Hauts-de-France), along the A1, the main motorway
linking Paris and Lille, with delivery scheduled for Q4 2021.

Intact Financial Corporation (TSX: IFC) today announced that, together with Tryg A/S (Tryg), it has reached an agreement for the acquisition of RSA Insurance Group plc (RSA).

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) has announced a $150 million equity investment in CAE (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE), a world leader in training and operational support in the civil aviation, defence and security and health care markets.