AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCross-Border Tuition Payments: International students are increasingly using digital payment platforms to handle tuition across borders, with Nigeria-to-Canada flows highlighted as education migration reshapes remittance patterns. Market Windfall Watch: India’s long-delayed NSE IPO is moving ahead via an offer-for-sale structure, with investors including Canada’s CPP Investments among those positioned for a major payout. Canadian Pensions Going Global (Data Centres): CPP Investments is backing CtrlS Datacenters with up to CAD 1B for an India expansion, underscoring how Canadian capital is chasing AI infrastructure growth. AI Infrastructure Deal: HIVE Digital’s BUZZ HPC secured a $220M, three-year GPU cloud contract with Bell Canada and Cohere, aiming to build sovereign AI compute capacity in Canada. Policy & Tax: Canada’s luxury tax on high-end vehicles, planes and boats generated over $900M before being scaled back, reigniting debate over whether the levy hit key industries. Housing Affordability: Home affordability worsened across 13 major Canadian markets in May as prices rose and mortgage rates ticked up. Municipal Pressure: A Kamloops councillor flagged infrastructure costs, homelessness and fiscal imbalance as top issues at the FCM conference. Aviation Oversight: Transport Canada will review crew-licensing processes after police indicted a former Air Canada captain over alleged fraudulent documents. Crypto & Rates: Bitcoin slipped under $63K amid risk-off sentiment and expectations of Fed tightening.
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