Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced a transaction of up to $150 million in the form of a loan to SSQ Insurance, one of the largest insurance and investment companies in Québec.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced that it is taking an equity interest totalling $200 million in Plusgrade, a leading provider of revenue solutions to the global travel industry.

An infrastructure co-investment platform was officially launched with the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, the President and CEO of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Michael Sabia, and FDN President Clemente del Valle, as well as the presidents of all Colombian pension fund administrators in attendance.

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (la Caisse) and the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) are pleased to announce the creation of the Fonds CDPQ pour la relève journalistique, an initiative that will provide ten young journalists or students each year with a $10,000 bursary enabling them to take a paid three to four month internship with a Québec media outlet.

Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE:BBU) (TSX:BBU.UN) ("Brookfield Business Partners") together with institutional partners (collectively, “Brookfield”) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”), today announced that they have reached an agreement whereby Brookfield and CDPQ will acquire 100% of Johnson Controls’ Power Solutions business (“the Business”) for approximately US$13.2 billion. 

Ivanhoé Cambridge, real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has acquired a 90,000 m² office-building campus from Natixis, in the Greater Paris area of Saint-Denis Pleyel. This is the largest asset sold this year in the French office market. Simultaneously, EDF has signed a nine-year fixed-term lease on what constitutes its main business establishment in France, and has initiated a program to renovate its facilities.

Ivanhoé Cambridge and Décathlon are pleased to announce that Montreal’s first-ever Décathlon store will open in the Montreal Eaton Centre. The sporting goods retailer will occupy nearly 3,500 m² (38,000 ft²) of space on two floors of the property. With a grand opening scheduled for fall 2019, the Décathlon at Montreal Eaton Centre will be the first in a downtown location in Canada. 

Knowlton Development Corporation (“KDC”), a leading value-added partner to beauty, health and personal care brands, and Cornell Capital LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and Hong Kong (“Cornell Capital”), are pleased to announce that a group of investors led by Cornell Capital, including HarbourVest Partners, LLC (“HarbourVest”), has  partnered with KDC and its existing management to position the company for its next leg of growth.

Avison Young and Apleona Limited (“Apleona”), a portfolio company owned by global private-equity firm EQT, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Avison Young to acquire GVA, a subsidiary of Apleona and one of the U.K.'s leading and most diverse real estate advisory-led businesses. 

Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, and global real estate investor Ivanhoé Cambridge today announced an agreement to form a 20/80 joint venture in Brazil.