Canadian pension fund leads group in buying Great Southern's...

Canadian pension fund leads group in buying Great Southern's assets for $415m
The Australian - Andrew Main - �4 hours ago�
GREAT Southern receiver McGrath Nicol has raised $415 million for the failed timber group's banking syndicate by selling 252000ha of plantations to a ... AIMCo buys cut of Aussie timber

Edmonton Journal - Gary Lamphier - �8 hours ago�
Alberta's $71-billion investment-fund manager has pulled the trigger on its second major non-North ... AIMCo to buy swath of Aussie timberland

Calgary Herald - Dina O'Meara, Lisa Schmidt - �9 hours ago�
AIMCo CEO Leo de Bever said AIMCo's deal to buy Australian timberland will take advantage of the options for land use. "This is a mixed forest and ... Great Southern forests sold to Canada

ABC Online - �14 hours ago�
The Australian assets of the collapsed investment scheme company, Great Southern, have been bought by a Canadian pension fund. Alberta Investment has bought ... Funds buy Great Southern land

The Australian - Edward Welsch - �17 hours ago�
ALBERTA'S $70 billion pension fund has paid $415 million for more than 1500 square miles of forest land in Australia. Alberta Investment Management Corp, ... AimCo, New Forests scoop up Australia timber lands

Reuters - Jeffrey Jones, Peter Galloway - �21 hours ago�
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A Canadian public-sector pension fund has joined a forestry management firm in a C$415 million (A$415 ... Timber industry gets a boost

Lismore Northern Star - Peter Weekes - �56 minutes ago�
THE purchase of the collapsed Great Southern Plantation boded well for the region's struggling timber industry, Tony Wade, of Timber Communities Australia ... Alberta purchases Great Southern

Lismore Northern Star - �12 hours ago�
GREAT Southern Plantations, which collapsed under the weight of debt in May 2009, has been purchased by Canadian-based investment fund Alberta for $415 ... Canadians snap up Great Southern land

WA Business News (subscription) - Dan Wilkie - �15 hours ago�
The sale of Great Southern's timber plantations to a Canadian institutional fund manager is a step towards making the Australian timber industry ... Canadian fund buys Gt Southern land

Perth Now - Rebecca Lawson - �16 hours ago�
A CANADIAN investment fund manager has paid $415 million for the rural land assets from collapsed company Great Southern Plantations. ... ANZFF In Jointy Venture To Buy Great Southern Plantations

Voxy - �21 hours ago�
The Australia New Zealand Forest Fund ("ANZFF") and Alberta Investment Management Corporation ("AIMCo") are pleased to announce their partnership to acquire ... AIMCo and New Forests Complete Acquisition of Forestry Properties of Great ...

PR Newswire (press release) - �22 hours ago�
EDMONTON, Canada (January 27th, 2011), and SYDNEY, Australia (January 28th, 2011) /PRNewswire/ Alberta Investment Management Corporation ("AIMCo") is ... Yedlin: Well played, pension-fund keeper

Calgary Herald - Deborah Yedlin - �13 hours ago�
With its recent acquisition of a forestry company in Australia, it's only a matter of time before ... AIMCo part of Australian farm, forestry land deal

Toronto Star - �19 hours ago�
CALGARY�The Alberta government's investment fund manager is snapping up huge tracts of Australian farm land and forests as global demand continues to grow ... AIMCo in Australian land deal

CBC.ca - �20 hours ago�
An Alberta pension fund manager announced a deal Thursday to join in the purchase of $409.5 million in farmland and forest in Australia. ... AIMCo wagers $415-million on Australia

CTV.ca - Nathan Vanderklippe - �21 hours ago�
Alberta's provincial investment manager is buying a vast swath of Australian forest land in a bet on rising Asian demand for trees and food. ...