Constellation Insurance Holdings (“Constellation”), founded by Anurag Chandra, former CEO of Prosperity Life Insurance Group (“Prosperity”), announced today that it has partnered with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (“Ontario Teachers’”) and raised US$500 million in initial capital from them as founding investors.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) is announcing an equity investment of US$50 million in Bird Rides, Inc. (Bird), the global leader in sustainable micromobility.
The management of SNCF, SNCB and Patina Rail LLP* (a consortium comprising Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Hermes Infrastructure) have today presented the Green Speed project to their Boards which proposes combining Eurostar, the cross-Channel high speed rail operator, and Thalys, the Franco-Belgian high speed rail operator, to create the foundations of a sustainable European high-speed rail travel company.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) wishes to correct the numerous insinuations and falsehoods found in an article published this morning by The Gazette, entitled “Caisse’s stake in REM station troubles critics,” under the byline of journalist Linda Gyulai.
In one of the boldest actions yet by the world’s largest investors to decarbonize the global economy, an alliance of the world’s largest pension funds and insurers – responsible for directing more than US$ 2.4 trillion in investments – has today committed to carbon-neutral investment portfolios by 2050.
As part of the Milken Institute’s Power of Ideas – Asia Summit 2019 series, Wai Leng Leong writes about the major trends that are shaping Asia, especially in technology.
