Chinese Investors Approached Alberta Pension Fund Over Potash
by Sabina on September 4, 2010
Chinese Investors Approached Alberta Pension Fund Over Potash
Chinese investors approached the Alberta Investment Management Corp., a Canadian pension fund, to consider a possible joint bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the fund’s chief executive officer told BNN Television television today. Leo de Bever said the Alberta fund wasn’t interested in a bid for the fertilizer maker, which is the target of a hostile bid from BHP Billiton Ltd.
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