We expect to grow to $370 billion by 2020: CPPIB Asia Pacific head

In terms of overall portfolio, on March 31, 2017, the CPP Fund totalled $316.7 billion

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has become the largest private equity (PE) investor in India this year. Suyi Kim, head of Asia-Pacific for the CPPIB, tells Abhineet Kumar in an interview how it plans to grow from here. Edited excerpts:
 
CPPIB has invested over $1.5 billion so far. Where does India stand in terms of your investments in emerging markets and where do you expect to be in the next five years?
 
The CPPIB is a significant investor in India with an office in Mumbai and investments totalling approximately C$5.8 billion ($4.6 billion). Our investments include