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Apollo Is Among Private Equity Firms Considering a Redstone Buyout

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Private equity firms RedBird Capital Partners and KKR & Co. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3 Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3 are both investors in Skydance. trillion ($965.47

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Private-equity firm Sycamore Partners mulling Macy’s takeover bid

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Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3 Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3 read more The post Private-equity firm Sycamore Partners mulling Macy’s takeover bid appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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NYC pension funds look to PE in hunt for higher returns

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Four of New York City’s five public employee pension funds, catering for teachers, police officers, firefighters and civil servants, are to up their allocations to private equity and other illiquid asset classes, as they look to boost investment returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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The Paris Based Private Equity Firm Ardian Raises Over $20bn For Secondaries Fund

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Over the past decade investors increased their allocation to less liquid private market assets, including buyout funds and real estate, in the hunt for higher returns. The trend turbocharged the growth of secondary funds that offer the likes of pension funds the chance to exit such investments early if they need to.

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Australian $100bn pension fund targets private assets with London launch

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Australia’s third-largest pension fund will officially open its first overseas outpost in London in November, a senior company official said, pushing for more private market investments as the sector outgrows the confines of home. Aware Super, with A$160 billion ($102 billion) in assets, will set up in the district of St.

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Pension fund invests in Morgan Stanley’s $1bn climate fund

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AP Pension has invested in a Morgan Stanley fund that aims to reduce carbon emissions by 1GT ahead of 2050. Danish pension fund AP Pension has invested in the Morgan Stanley 1 Gigaton fund, which aims to remove one gigaton of CO2-equivalent emissions from the Earth’s atmosphere by 2050.

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Advent to buy Ryan Reynolds-backed fintech Nuvei in $6.3 bn deal

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Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to buy Canada’s Nuvei NVEI.TO in a deal that values the payments technology firm, which has received financial backing from actor Ryan Reynolds, at $6.3 billion, would make it one of the more sizable take-private deals at a time when private equity dealmaking has slowed.