{"id":106905,"date":"2026-07-31T16:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/106905\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:20:07","slug":"cpp-investments-acquiring-european-energy-project-ontario-teachers-backing-collateralized-loan-obligation-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/106905\/","title":{"rendered":"CPP Investments acquiring European energy project, Ontario Teachers\u2019 backing collateralized loan obligation platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis acquisition is rooted in a shared commitment to long-term value creation and responsible infrastructure development,\u201d said James Bryce, head of infrastructure at the investment organization, in a press release.\n<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/canadian-investment-review\/alts\/cpp-investments-joining-e400m-co-investment-in-french-logistics-firm-selling-european-non-performing-loan-portfolio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CPP Investments joining \u20ac400M co-investment in French logistics firm, selling European non-performing loan portfolio<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan is forming a joint venture with M&amp;G Investments to support the scaling of a multi-billion European collateralized loan obligation platform.\n<\/p>\n<p>The investment organization is providing investment capacity of up to \u20ac200 million for equity investments in future M&amp;G Margay CLO issuances. It will also participate in the long-term economics of M&amp;G\u2019s European CLO business.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the European CLO equity market is an attractive asset class that complements and diversifies our existing CLO equity program and are pleased to expand our relationship with M&amp;G,\u201d said Michael Merkoulovitch, senior managing director of credit at the Ontario Teachers\u2019, in a statement.\n<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/canadian-investment-review\/alts\/ontario-teachers-acquiring-australian-agriculture-asset-bci-and-omers-investing-in-139-million-funding-round-for-defence-firm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario Teachers\u2019 acquiring Australian agriculture asset, BCI and OMERS investing in $139 million funding round for defence firm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec is acquiring U.K.-based specialty insurance firm Optio Group, alongside private equity firm Cinven.\n<\/p>\n<p>The financial details of the transaction weren\u2019t disclosed. The investment reflects a longstanding global focus on insurance and insurance-related platforms for the Caisse and is backed by experience in this sector globally, according to a press release.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecialty insurance is a market where technical underwriting expertise, disciplined risk selection and scale increasingly matter,\u201d said Martin Longchamps, executive vice-president and head of private equity and private credit at the Caisse, in the release. \u201cOptio is well positioned in that environment, with a differentiated platform serving complex insurance markets, a strong European base and clear international growth potential.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/canadian-investment-review\/alts\/caisse-buying-remaining-stake-in-montreal-toll-road-ontario-teachers-investing-in-it-firm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caisse buying remaining stake in Montreal toll road, Ontario Teachers\u2019 investing in IT firm<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis acquisition is rooted in a shared commitment to long-term value creation and responsible infrastructure development,\u201d said James&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7189,54463,10592,54461,37142,88,4,15,6189,92,663,10590,23059,54462,759],"class_list":["post-106905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-europe","tag-acquisition","tag-alternative-investing","tag-caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec","tag-collateralised-loan-obligation","tag-cpp-investments","tag-energy","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-fixed-income","tag-germany","tag-infrastructure","tag-institutional-investing","tag-insurance-companies","tag-ontario-teachers-pension-plan","tag-u-k"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}