Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Udu

MAY 31, 2023

Fund managers took different approaches during this time, some riding out the storm with cost cuts, “hibernating” businesses with sufficient reserves, and others simply handing over the keys of a few companies to banks so they can focus on the future.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Leveraged Buyouts Buyout 52

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And then very soon after, you know, bear Stearns fails, Lehman Brothers fails, the cracks were massive and there were so much for selling from the trading desks at the banks. And we, we feel that a lot of phone calls, I think the most nervous we became was when the banks started failing. That had mismatched assets.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt Banks 52