Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 12, 2012
TORONTO (Reuters) – Deep in the financial crisis, a Canadian pension fund entrusted with the nest eggs of 17 million workers bet a chunk of that money on Internet phone service Skype, venturing well outside its tradition of long-term, conservative investing.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 13, 2011
Bangalore (Reuters) – Medical device maker Kinetic Concepts Inc said it would go private in a nearly $5 billion cash deal with a consortium of private equity firm Apax Partners and two Canadian pension firms.
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(Reuters) – Medical device maker Kinetic Concepts Inc said it agreed to be acquired for $4.98 billion in cash by a consortium of private equity firm Apax Partners and two Canadian pension firms.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 3, 2010
MELBOURNE/TORONTO (Reuters) – Chinese and other investors have approached at least one big Canadian pension manager about a bid for Canada’s Potash Corp to rival BHP Billiton’s $39 billion hostile offer.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 2, 2010
CALGARY/Winnipeg, Manitoba (Reuters) – Chinese investors, among other unidentified parties, have approached at least one big Canadian pension manager about mounting a bid for Canada’s Potash CorpI to rival BHP Billiton’s $39 billion hostile offer.
