Canadian pension fund CPPIB targets new investment avenues in India
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the country’s largest pension fund manager, is exploring opportunities in India’s financial services, telecoms and logistics sectors to expand its bets in the South Asian economy, CPPIB’s Asia Pacific head Suyi Kim said on Wednesday.
CPPIB, which has poured more than C$4 billion ($3 billion) into real estate and other investments in the country, will expand its eight-member team in India in a measured manner as it looks boost the share of investment in emerging markets in its overall portfolio, Kim told Reuters.
The roughly C$300 billion fund has about 10 percent of its portfolio invested in emerging markets and aims to boost that to about 15 percent over the next three to five years, she said.
“All our teams — infrastructure, real estate, private equity and natural resources — are looking for opportunities,” Kim said, adding that India’s fast-growing financial services sector is among the bright spots.
Last month CPPIB raised its stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank to about 6.3 percent by buying additional shares in the fourth-biggest Indian private sector lender by assets.
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