North America

CANADA - The Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada's biggest pension fund manager, isn't ruling out selling more bonds after completing an C$8bn ($7.8bn) borrowing programme three months ago, chief executive officer Michael Sabia said.

UK - Two overseas firms have teamed up to challenge the powers of the UK's pension regulator to require they provide financial support to their UK pension funds.

US - The South Carolina public pension fund's plan to create a company to manage private-equity assets should be held up pending legislative and administrative review, according to a spokesman for state Treasurer Converse Chellis.

SOUTH KOREA/US - South Korea's National Pension Service has hired The Townsend Group to invest $300m in real estate in North and South America.

CANADA - Brookfield Asset Management has closed its $2.7bn Americas Infrastructure fund after almost doubling its target.

CANADA - The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is to raise $350m through a debt offering and put the proceeds towards a C$650m ($630.6m) pension payment.

CANADA - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has decided to sell its 25% stake of CTVglobemedia to BCE (Bell), the parent company of Bell Canada and Bell Aliant.

US - Pension plans of S&P1500 companies are shouldering deficits of a combined $506bn, the largest recorded deficit in their history, according to data by Mercer.

US - David Cooper has been named chief investment officer of Indiana's two largest pension plans, a further step in merging the operations of two schemes with $22bn in combined assets.

CANADA/UK - Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Onex Corp. have garnered sufficient shareholder support for their £2.89bn ($4.4bn) purchase of Tomkins Plc.