Today, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec presented an update of its performance as at June 30, 2017. Over five years, the weighted average annual return on clients’ funds reached 10.6%, representing net investment results of $107.9 billion, bringing la Caisse’s net assets to $286.5 billion. Compared to its benchmark portfolio, the investment strategies of la Caisse generated $13.5 billion of value added. For the first six months of 2017, the average return on clients’ funds was 5.0%, generating close to $800 million of value added.

Astorg and Montagu, two leading pan-European private equity investors, today announced that they have entered into a binding agreement with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a leading Canadian institutional asset manager, for the sale of a significant minority stake in Sebia.

Boralex Inc. (“Boralex” or the “Company”) (TSX: BLX) announced today that Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“la Caisse”) has acquired all of the Class A common shares of Boralex held by Cascades Inc. representing 17.3% of the outstanding shares for the amount of $287.5 million.

Novacap, one of Canada’s leading private equity firms, today announced it has closed its latest private equity fund, NOVACAP TMT V (the ‘’Fund’’), at its hard cap with total commitments of $840 million.

Champion Iron Limited (ASX: CIA, TSX: CIA) (“Champion” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that they secured a debt financing conditional commitments of USD180 million for its subsidiary Québec Iron Ore Inc. (“QIO”) from la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“Caisse”) and Sprott Resource Lending (“Sprott”).

Ivanhoé Cambridge announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Evergreen Industrial Properties (“Evergreen” or the “company”) from TPG Real Estate. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Telecon Inc. has announced today the closing of a $70 million equity financing to support its continued growth as a leading provider of telecommunication network services in Canada.

Today Cogeco Communications Inc. (TSX: CCA) announced that its subsidiary, Atlantic Broadband has entered into a definitive agreement with Harron Communications, L.P. to purchase all of its cable systems operating under the MetroCast brand name (“MetroCast”).

Following several years of planning and 12 months of work, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel has officially reopened and welcomed its first guests.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) (“SNC-Lavalin” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of WS Atkins plc (“Atkins”), one of the world’s most respected consultancies in design, engineering and project management, with a leadership position across the infrastructure, transportation and energy sectors.