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Jonathan Zaffino has been appointed to the position of group president and chief executive officer at Ascot Group following the retirement of Andrew Brooks from the group CEO role. Currently group pre...

A Barbadian company is acquiring the life insurance business of a company in which the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has a majority stake. According to the terms of the deal, Sagicor Financial Co. Ltd. will acquire Ivari, a subsidiary of Wilton Re Ltd., for US$325 million. The CPPIB has held a majority stake in […]

A fund backed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is buying a stake in Indian road projects. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is selling five road projects valued at $1.5 billion to an infrastructure investment trust — the IndInfravit Trust — partially owned by the two Canadian pension […]

Investment will support next growth phase in Advarra’s journey to make clinical research safer, smarter, and fasterCOLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advarra, a leading provider of regulatory, quality, and compliance solutions and clinical trial technologies in the life sciences sector, today announced that private equ...

Investment will support next growth phase in Advarra's journey to make clinical research safer, smarter, and faster Advarra, a leading provider of reg

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is recapitalizing an expanding packaging business. The institutional investor has signed an agreement with the U.S.-based Berlin Packaging, a supplier of glass, plastic and metal containers with annual revenues of about US$2.5 billion. Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, which has been an investor in the packaging supplier […]