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Almost a month to the day when Brookfield Infrastructure Partners plunked down $13.3 billion on logistics, another Brookfield affiliate struck a multi-billion dollar deal, this time in renewables.

A Down Under infrastructure acquisition from Brookfield Asset Management valued at over $1 billion topped the private market transactions we tracked today.

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $4.4 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period for the week ending Oct. 7. Private equity: $3.3 billion TPG Capital acquired Convey Health Solutions for $10.50 per share in ...

The following is a compilation of the private market deal activity for the week ending July 15. Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $18.4 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period. Real estate/infrastructure: $12.3 billion ...

The Toronto-based private equity firm founded by OMERS Ventures Founder John Ruffolo recently close its debut fund, Maverix Growth Private Equity Fund I, at its hard cap of $500 million. Mark Maybank, former Canaccord Genuity Corp. president and COO, and ...

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) saw a net return of 11.9% in 2019, with weaker returns in alternative investment strategies such as private equity and real estate. Of course, the double-digit gains help put 2018’s net return of ...

Jambu Palaniappan is now a managing partner at OMERS Ventures in London, which is the venture capital arm of the $71 billion (C$95 billion) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. He brings with him start-up experience from his years at Uber, ...