OMERS sells stake in Scottish gas network for $1.6bn

OMERS sells stake in Scottish gas network for $1.6bn

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System pension fund sold a long-held stake in the U.K.’s second-largest natural gas distribution network on Wednesday for $1.6bn, more than tripling its original investment and raising capital for new infrastructure projects....
Private Equity Raises Real Estate Money Too Fast to Spend It

Private Equity Raises Real Estate Money Too Fast to Spend It

Private equity real estate investors are raising money faster than they can spend it. U.S. funds have amassed a record $287.8 billion for commercial-property deals, according to Preqin. That’s up 11% from a year earlier and 57% more than at the end of 2019. The pileup...