Private Equity Wire

JULY 30, 2024

As the $1.7tn private credit industry faces its most significant fundraising slump since 2020, private lenders including Adams Street Partners, Antares Holdings and Hayfin Capital Management are increasingly turning their attention to Latin America, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has written off over AUD1.1bn in equity and loans linked to US-based online education start-up Pluralsight, marking the fund’s largest single loss in its venture capital investments to date, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

CDPQ has a Policy on Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Detection which you can view here and it was last updated in October 2020. And to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if similar bribing schemes are also occurring at other CDPQ subsidiaries in India and at those of other large Canadian pension funds.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 21, 2024

In addition, the firm held a final close for its Secondary Overflow Fund V LP with an additional $3.4 Limited partners in the new funds span the globe and consist of corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and private wealth investors. billion of capital.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Unlike peers such as Apollo Global, EQT has avoided aggressive moves into credit investments, having exited its debt platform in 2020. Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutions remain under-invested in private capital,” he added. Some firms will adapt, while others may exit the market.”

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

Since 2020, by some estimates, median home prices are up around 30% which is just incredible growth in such a short amount of time for something like housing. They're going to have trouble refinancing their debt when it eventually comes due. 2020 hit the pandemic, they were one of the worst performing asset classes.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 3, 2025

The corporate share class was created to broaden the appeal to larger investors, such as pension funds, which may not have been allowed to own partnerships. Its operating capacity has expanded 2x since 2020, with development capacity up 9x. The partnership was the first one created, and it appealed mostly to small investors.

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AltAssets

MARCH 15, 2024

Carlyle and JP Morgan's evergreen private credit funds are among five to receive commitments from the $2.3bn-managing Cincinnati state pension fund, according to Pensions & Investments. The post Evergreen private credit scores big from Cincinnati Retirement System first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 17, 2023

The 77-year-old billionaire told the Financial Times that big asset managers had competed aggressively to lend to the largest private equity groups as money poured into their coffers in 2020 and 2021, raising questions over the due diligence the funds conducted when they agreed to provide multibillion-dollar loans.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 10, 2024

According to Preqin data, global Private Debt AUM has grown from just $310 billion in 2010 to an estimated $1.5 The 2020 Covid recession was deep and certainly a stress test the asset class unquestionably passed, but it was also short-lived. Global private debt AUM is estimated at about $1.5

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Over the last decade, the real estate arm of Quebec’s $300 billion pension fund tore through U.S. Now, nearly $5 billion worth of debt on those properties is set to mature over a 12-month span starting next year. billion Stuy Town debt matures five months later. The Caisse pension fund reported a -6.2

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

With respect to public equities, CDPQ noted that since 2020, a "few large public U.S. Regarding the pension fund's bond assets, CDPQ said the fixed income market was characterized by higher yields and the narrowing of corporate credit spreads. For the five-year and 10-year periods, equities returned a net 10.9% and down 0.2%

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This occurs when the value of bonds and shares of publicly listed firms decline, as they did recently, bringing down the total assets of a pension fund. Canadian pension funds are among the largest private equity investors in the world. Denominator effect The first is what’s known as the “denominator effect.”

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 14, 2023

Montreal-based Public Sector Pension (PSP) Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) are looking to appoint a financial advisor in the coming weeks, the sources said, adding the sale could take several months to complete. Cypress Creek will subsequently supply O&M services.

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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. We’re tracking six months ahead on our deleveraging priorities and we’re committed to reducing our debt leverage ratio even further.” Rogers held large stakes in Cogeco Inc.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Three years ago, Benefits Canada published a nice article on how the TTC Pension Fund Society is staying on track during the coronavirus crisis: Since last March, the coronavirus pandemic has derailed the best-laid plans of many organizations, including the Toronto Transit Commission. That also helped.” It’s a several-year program.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This suggests that the long-term prospects of pensioners are at risk, taking into consideration the ageing population coupled with increasing life expectancies and falling fertility rates. Meanwhile, government debt in Europe is at a high level, up to 88.7% A country with a high GDP-debt ratio is seen as risky. in 2023 to 68.4

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 18, 2024

I owe it to our teams, to the Caisse, to Quebecers… “When Michael Sabia appointed me in October 2019 and Charles Emond confirmed me in my role in January 2020, they gave me the mandate to transform Ivanhoé Cambridge, that’s what we did,” explains the outgoing CEO. return for one year, above its index (-10%).

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Gillian Tan, Swetha Gopinath and Layan Odeh of Bloomberg report OMERS to stop making direct private equity investments in Europe: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will stop making direct private equity investments in Europe as the pension fund overhauls its operations there, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The Big Picture

JULY 28, 2023

Plus we had such a large run-up in prices in 2020 and 2021 that it was good for knocking down the speculation that was running rampant. Businessweek ) • A Winning Bet for Pension Funds Goes Cold : After years of outperforming public markets, some alternative assets are reporting losses. (

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Pension Pulse

JULY 4, 2023

Ministers and regulators are said to be concerned that Britain ’s biggest water supplier, which has 15 million customers in the capital and along the Thames Valley , may be unable to service its huge debt pile. Bentley was appointed in 2020 to revitalise the water supplier, which has 15 million customers in London and the south-east.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

She joined Calpers early last year after a long search to replace Ben Meng, who abruptly departed in August 2020. The Ontario fund’s strategy was innovative at the time, and paved the way for what is now known as the Canadian pension model. Musicco, 49, will leave her position at Calpers Sept.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

If you look at the story of private equity at CDPQ, it was all about deployment up until 2020,” Longchamps says. The success of this monetization plan should be part of the Harvard Business Review case study so other large pension funds and sovereign wealth funds can mimic it. I can't say I'm surprised.

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Blackstone News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This integration allows us to be an even more effective lender and more comprehensively serve our insurance, pension fund and private wealth clients.” Since Mr. Dellaert joined the firm in 2020, Blackstone has nearly tripled the assets it manages for insurance clients.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 17, 2023

per cent, with the help of recovering bond markets as interest rates rose and additional contributions from corporate credit and emerging country sovereign debt. In the short term, the portfolio was constrained by higher financing costs, which influenced the performance of certain private companies,” the pension fund said.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 2, 2024

If you look at the story of private equity at CDPQ, it was all about deployment up until 2020,” Longchamps tells Private Equity International. Private equity is the asset class that takes the most risk at a pension fund. The worst thing that can happen at a pension fund is to miss a vintage.”

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In recent years, globalization has waned, and geopolitical tensions and risk have risen: The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union in 2020. In addition, some important public debt market investment opportunities in Canada have been getting smaller. The US withdrew from the TransPacific Partnership in 2017.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Swetha Gopinath of Bloomberg reports Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to co-own financial advisor Max Matthiessen: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) agreed to acquire a co-control stake in Stockholm-based financial advisor Max Matthiessen from private equity firm Nordic Capital Ltd. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

We expect our acquisition of Kreos Capital to close in the third quarter of this year, adding venture debt capabilities and further bolstering BlackRock's global credit franchise. In May, we capitalized on the improved conditions for debt issuance, issuing 1.25 billion of 10-year debt at a coupon of 4.75%.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

CDPQ's investment forms part of its Sustainable Land Management initiative, launched in 2020, which aims to deploy capital in land-focused assets with long-term environmental impact and ESG standards. We are active in the major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 30, 2023

Originally acquired in February 2020, the portfolio has since been expanded through acquisition of two assets for development in Mer (south of Orléans) and Roye (midway between Paris and Lille), plus a new asset in Fos-sur-mer (near Marseille).

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As a global investment group managing funds for public pension and insurance plans, we work alongside our partners to build enterprises that drive performance and progress. We are active in the major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt. We’re facing tremendous challenges.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Operational Highlights Corporate developments Ranked first among the world’s leading public pension funds by Global SWF when measuring annualized returns between fiscal years 2013 and 2022 (Global SWF Data Platform, December 2023). and funds affiliated with Rialto Capital and acquired a 20% equity stake for US$1.2

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) started allocating to insurance-linked securities (ILS), largely via insurance-linked funds, as well as some direct investments into other reinsurance-related securities, in late 2019. 2022 saw further growth in the ILS allocation at a time when HOOPP’s overall net assets shrank somewhat.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 17, 2024

Despite long-standing pressure to shorten the 13F filing deadline, the SEC surprised the market in 2020 by proposing a change that would have removed thousands of investors from needing to reveal their holdings. They include funds run by legendary investors like Warren Buffet, Seth Klarman, Ron Baron and Ken Fisher.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 7, 2024

billion valuation, inclusive of debt. NYSE: ALE) and a partnership led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP Investments”) and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), (the “partnership”), today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the partnership will acquire ALLETE for $67.00

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