Who is Borealis Infrastructure?
Borealis Infrastructure originates, structures, finances and manages investments in infrastructure assets on behalf of OMERS, a leading Canadian pension fund, and offers co-investment opportunities to third-party investors.
Apart from its ownership interest, what is your relationship to OMERS?
OMERS is the core source of capital for Borealis Infrastructure and a reliable founding participant in developing an investment consortium with third-party investors to acquire target assets.
Who runs the company?
A group of executives experienced in all aspects of infrastructure investing. These executives are accountable to their own board of directors and participating investors.
How many investment partners are involved with Borealis Infrastructure?
More than a dozen, including federal, provincial and municipal governments, pension funds, major Canadian and international corporations and financial institutions.
What does Borealis Infrastructure manage?
At the start of 2007, a $5.6 billion diversified portfolio of infrastructure assets.
Is Borealis accepting new investment partners?
Borealis offers a variety of co-investment opportunities to institutional and corporate investors seeking security of returns from a broad spectrum of infrastructure assets.
What are the advantages of aligning with Borealis Infrastructure?
We can negotiate acquisitions from a position of strength because of OMERS backing as a core investor and our expertise in due diligence and asset management. Many projects are of a size that it is preferable for OMERS to own only 10 to 30 per cent and share the risks and rewards with co-investors.
What investment vehicles does Borealis Infrastructure offer?
The investments we structure take many forms and include direct participation in unincorporated entities or partnerships, shares in private companies, or interests in trusts, convertible debentures and similar types of debt instruments.
Are unions an obstacle to public/private partnerships?
Unions are valued stakeholders in the success of public/private partnerships. Borealis Infrastructure has experience in working harmoniously with several prominent public and private sector unions.
What impact does pension fund and private sector investing have on jobs?
The general impact is direct and indirect job growth by creating infrastructure that is essential to a competitive economy, as well as economic expansion. Public/private partnership agreements spell out the protocols for protecting collective bargaining agreements, including contracting out protection in the case of unionized jobs.
