Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The cornerstone investor of BInF II is the European Investment Fund (EIF). Investors contributing to the fund include EIF, Swedbank pension funds, SEB pension funds, LHV Pension funds and pension funds managed by Citadele group. “We Source: BaltCap Can’t stop reading?

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 6, 2023

Deal for survey software group would be one of largest this year

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

US private equity giant KKR and top Canadian pension fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ( CPPIB) have launched a $465 million block deal in Indus Towers as both investors eye an exit from the leading telecom tower company, multiple industry sources in the know told Moneycontrol.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 12, 2024

It even has an "outsourced chief investment officer" segment to handle defined benefit pension funds for clients. Because of the complexity of underwriting business risk insurance, companies will go through brokers like Marsh & McLennan to advise them on what kind of insurance they need and to bid it out to various underwriters.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Menlo Park, California-based firm with offices in Miami, New York and Sao Paulo, tapped pension funds, hospital systems, foundations, endowments, fund of funds, insurance companies and family offices among other investors, according to a statement.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

The pension fund is close to finalizing the sale of some of its Europe-focused investments and is in the middle of negotiations to reduce some of its US positions, one of the people said, who asked not to be identified due to the confidentiality of the matter. The pension fund held C$28.3 from the prior fiscal year.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With the ongoing growth of its platform, Vistara is now seeking to broaden its investor base by targeting pension funds and other institutional investors, and geographically by launching vehicles for both US and international investors. is weighing a bid for UK's Pension Insurance Corporation.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally. Rede Partners acted as placement agent, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP served as legal counsel in the formation of Fund III. Source: CISION PR Newswire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

The asset could attract investment funds and pension funds, the people said. Read more India’s Lok Capital seeks $200m for Fund IV, gets AIIB support Indian impact investor Lok Capital has secured USD 25m from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 24, 2024

Jenny Wiggins of the Australian Financial Review also reports Plenary Group sells 49% stake to sovereign wealth fund ADQ in $1b deal: Founders and some executives of infrastructure investor Plenary Group will receive a cash windfall after the Australian group sold a 49 per cent stake to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ in a $1 billion deal.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

UK's Nest pension scheme to ramp up PE allocations Submitted 21/08/2023 - 12:19pm The National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), one of the UK's largest workplace pension schemes, is planning to boost its allocation to private equity investments in a bid to improve long-term returns, according to a report by the Telegraph.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While it is never easy to raise a “blind pool” of capital, Mukul Gulati, president and chief investment officer of Zephyr Peacock India, says India is on everyone’s radar and pension funds and large endowment funds are sitting on a large pool of money.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 27, 2023

As part of the agreement, FDJ, which is the operator of the French National Lottery, will purchase the shares from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, An Post, and An Post Pension Fund. PLI was awarded a 20 year contract to operate the National Lottery by the Irish Government back in 2014. An Post also welcomed the sale.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At C$146 billion, equivalent to a quarter of the entire C$575 billion pension fund for some 21 million Canadians and forecast to grow bigger every year, Kim leads a program that is also heading into unchartered territory. Most were on the fund's private equity team and were informed early last month, according to two of the people.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 12, 2023

for many years in the hope of acquiring it one day, but the Audet family, which controls both entities, rebuffed its overtures — including a hostile bid in 2020. for many years in the hope of acquiring it one day, but the Audet family, which controls both entities, rebuffed its overtures — including a hostile bid in 2020.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 24, 2024

The move follows a similar initiative by Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund, announced last June. I'm very skeptical of having individual subsidiaries with their own risk and valuation teams valuing assets they see fit and presenting data to the mother pension fund as they see fit. What about CDPQ Infra?

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 22, 2024

The pension fund manager had quietly tried to sell LifeLabs in previous processes and failed to find a buyer, according to two of the sources. Quest also bid, unsuccessfully, for CML at the time, according to one of the sources, who worked on the transaction.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 8, 2024

On Wednesday, more than 90 chief executive officers at some of the country’s largest companies signed an open letter that urges federal and provincial finance ministers to “amend the rules governing pension funds to encourage them to invest in Canada.” And on Thursday, Ms. That compares with a 7.4-per-cent

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Pension Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

billion bid and Ottawa has said Glencore would face rigorous scrutiny. Canada's large pension funds are globally known investors, managing more than $1 trillion of savings, but their exposure to domestic equities has steadily declined over the past decade since Canadian equity markets represent just 3% of the global equity market.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 30, 2023

As I highlighted, there are some markets that are still quite robust, the renewable energy and infrastructure space, but Office is in a price discovery mode for sure , trying to find a clearing price (bid-ask spread).

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is for this reason that Canadian pension giant BCI finds itself in a rather enviable position. billion) public pension fund has spent much of the past decade using the secondaries market to cultivate a comparatively liquid portfolio of illiquid assets. billion; €158.2 We were very slow to get into venture capital and growth.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Bert also explains the main advantages IMCO and other large Canadian pension funds have, namely, large, stable capital inflows, ability to internalize asset management and use their size to negotiate lower fees, especially in private markets.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For example, back in September, Bloomberg reported Marathon was bidding on Signature Bank's real estate portfolio: The biggest opportunity in the distressed debt space right now is in commercial real estate, according to Bruce Richards, chief executive officer of Marathon Asset Management.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 10, 2024

Also, supply is cyclical and there will come a point where the bid-ask spread narrows and PE firms start to transact again. Right now, spreads and terms on new deal flow appear attractive, so lenders are being disciplined for the most part.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

An information memorandum on a potential sale was circulated earlier in the year, and by late August, four firms were left in the bidding process, a person close to the situation told Private Equity News' sister title Financial News. The deal values the UK wealth manager at roughly £450m, according to a source familiar with the situation.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Here are the top stories covering pensions and investments this week: 1) Jason Markusoff of CBC News reports that Ontario has concerns over Danielle Smith's CPP exit bid, but also a stark lesson for her: It may seem like a pile-on by now to Premier Danielle Smith and the United Conservatives.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 18, 2023

pic.twitter.com/T3JDqFb3H0 — Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) August 18, 2023 Now, a quick glimpse tells me the most shorted/ low quality stocks are getting clobbered this month and the most profitable/ high quality stocks are being bid up. Fortinet $FTNT is the biggest stock on the list with a market cap of $45 billion, down 26.6%

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

I'd say no--they're taking money from the same endowments, high net worths and pension funds as everyone else. I've never heard any limited partner ask me if I can generate a better return than their Series A funds.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Question is: Can it become a one-stop shop for pension funds, endowments, insurers, and sovereign wealth funds eager for exposure to every major alternative-asset class — without diminishing its private credit franchise? The attractions of sticking with private credit are obvious. Whenever he approaches a U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

We are pleased with the continued expansion of our diverse investor base which includes a broad group of pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, endowments, and family offices from across the globe,” said Russell Cassella, Managing Partner. Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Investors in these new funds include a broad range of medical institutions, university endowments, foundations, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. read more The post OrbiMed Raises $4.3bn for Latest Healthcare Investment Funds appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2023

Business Wire reports that Norway's sovereign fund tops global transparency ranking: TORONTO — Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Government Pension Fund Global, has topped the list of the most transparent funds according to the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark’s 2023 findings.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

OHA manages approximately $61 billion of capital across credit strategies in pooled funds, collateralized loan obligations and single investor mandates as of June 30, 2023. Read more Blackstone and Reliance in $10bn Bidding War for Disney India Disney is nearing a deal to sell its India operations, which it values at around $10bn, to.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 24, 2023

A month ago, Eliyahu Kamisher of the Los Angels Times reported that CalPERS pension fund posts 5.8% gain in its latest fiscal year as the stock market rally and private debt buoyed the largest traditional public pension fund in the United States. pension fund, has yet to release its fiscal 2023 results.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Over the past 36 years, Burgiss has created greater private asset transparency while serving institutional investors such as pension funds, endowments, foundations, and family offices. They bid up the properties. And, you know, you end up significantly overpaying.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 17, 2024

Otherwise, recent US$ weakness caused by a net slowing in US growth momentum provides a bid under commodities. 27) Singapore Temasek Holdings 28) Yale Endowment Fund 29) Swiss National Bank (aka, the Fed's Swiss surrogate) Below, some recent interviews with hedge fund gurus Ken Griffin, Steve Cohen and Stanley Druckenmiller.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

They said, hey, if you're involved, chill the auction and no one wants to bid, and so you can't even show up. Their structures are built by their customers who are the limited partners by and large mostly its pension funds. It's not actually created by the private equity firms, it's created upstream by the pension funds.

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