Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Sustainability chiefs tell PERE Network Europe Forum delegates that investors will shift allocations amid US ESG backlash.

The Canadian pension fund says the rebrand will enable 'a single identity' across investment teams as it internalizes its $55bn property arm.

Having been with the firm for over 16 years, Phua has passed his role to another senior executive within the team.

Tasked with navigating the pension’s C$75bn property portfolio through a turbulent environment and the organization’s own unprecedented restructuring, Rana Ghorayeb is undaunted.

Karen Horstmann, formerly of NBIM, and CBRE IM’s Christina Forrest have joined the Canadian pension as managing directors in New York and London, respectively.

The executive is departing the Swiss manager less than a year after joining as global co-head of real estate.

Canadian pension investor Ivanhoé Cambridge is understood to be among the investors behind the fund’s latest round of commitments.

Speakers at NYU Schack’s capital markets conference disagree on whether to hold or dispose of core assets.