Quebec Pension Fund Halts Deals With DP World Over Epstein Files

Canada’s second-largest pension fund says it’s suspending future investment plans with DP World over alleged ties between the Dubai company’s chief executive officer and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

“We have made it clear to the company that we expect it to shed light on the situation and take the necessary actions,” a spokesperson for Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec said in an emailed statement. “Until then, we are pausing additional capital deployment alongside the company.”

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World’s CEO and chairman, swapped intimate and unguarded messages with Epstein before and for more than a ...