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Pension funds venture into high-risk CLO equity 

Private Equity Wire

In Europe, regulations limit how much insurers and pension funds can allocate to these higher-risk strategies, resulting in historically low direct participation, according to Dan Robinson, Head of Alternative Credit for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Deutsche Bank’s asset-management arm DWS Group.

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Are Pension Funds Fiddling With Another CLO Time Bomb?

Pension Pulse

The inflows have helped a slew of hedge funds and other money managers, including GoldenTree Asset Management, Sculptor Capital Management, Carlyle Group Inc. CLO equity — a small slice of the resurgent market for CLOs that bundle leveraged loans into bonds with varying safety ratings — is actually a form of deeply subordinated debt.

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World’s Top Pension Funds See the Largest Assets Decline in 20 Years

Pension Pulse

Willis Towers Watson put out a press release stating the world’s top pension funds see the largest assets fall in 20 years: North America now accounts for nearly half of assets in world’s 300 largest pension funds ARLINGTON, Va., increase in the assets of the largest 300 pension funds in the previous year.

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Allianz GI and FMO Team Up on $1.1bn Blended Finance Fund

Private Equity Insights

Allianz Global Investors and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed one of the largest “blended finance” funds on record, raising $1.1bn to invest in loans that help emerging and frontier countries meet sustainable development targets. The 9-1 ratio is much higher than on average, according to Convergence.

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OMERS Names a New Global Head of PE; BCI Wins PE 2024 LP of the Year

Pension Pulse

Bloomberg reports OMERS hires partner of Temasek-backed fund as Global Head of Private Equity: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System hired Alexander Fraser, a former partner of a Temasek-backed fund, as the global head of its private equity arm.

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Ares Faces Its Biggest Decision Yet: Stick With Private Credit or Become an Alts Supermarket

Private Equity Insights

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? Since 2018, profits have compounded at an annual 35 percent clip, exceeding $1.1 billion last year.

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APG and Ivanhoé Cambridge Back Scape's $658M Student Housing JV in Australia

Pension Pulse

APG had backed Scape’s earlier development joint ventures, which were established in 2015 and 2018, with Ivanhoe Cambridge having committed $649 million to the company’s core strategy in 2022.