Canada funds win £2.1bn UK rail auction

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Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have won a bidding war to acquire the £2.1bn high-speed rail link connecting London with the Channel Tunnel.

Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan confirmed a binding contract for the purchase of High Speed ...

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