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.

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.

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.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is announcing an equity investment of CA$53 million in neuvoo, one of the fastest growing employment websites in the world. With 5,556% growth in 5 years, neuvoo recently ranked 14th in Canadian Business magazine’s 2019 Growth 500, which lists Canada’s fastest growing companies.

The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), a network of Asian asset owners and financial institutions, and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a long-term institutional investor, today announced a new partnership to develop capacity-building training for investment teams in Asian  markets.

Element AI, a global developer of artificial intelligence-powered (AI) software solutions, today announced it has raised CAD $200 million (USD $151.4 million) in a Series B Round of financing.

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.

Samsung Securities and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced, at CDPQ’s business office in Montréal, Québec, the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for joint investments.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) announced today it has closed an agreement with Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (“Brookfield Business Partners”) and its institutional partners to co-invest in the acquisition of Healthscope Limited (“Healthscope”), the second largest private hospital operator in Australia and the largest pathology services provider in New Zealand.

In an article titled “Family Offices: The Secret Weapon For Investing in Sustainability?,” Rob Day, a contributor to Forbes, highlights the innovative nature of CDPQ’s investment strategy of partnering with the CREO Family Office Syndicate to invest in a sustainable economy.