Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Private investment house Ardian has raised $30bn for its ninth-generation secondaries platform, a significant increase over the $19bn raised for the eighth-generation in 2020, and the largest secondaries fundraise globally to date. According to a recent release, this brings Ardians Secondaries & Primaries assets under management to $97bn.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

According to BlackRock , the issuer of the iShares Bitcoin Trust, the next round of ETF buyers will include three important types of institutional investors: sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and endowments. After the previous halving (which took place in May 2020), for example, the price of Bitcoin went parabolic.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 22, 2024

Risk-averse institutional investors -- think pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds -- could be ready to get into the mix. There have been three previous Bitcoin halving cycles (in 2012, 2016, and 2020), and each one has led to a spectacular rally.

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Blue Sage raised Fund IV without a placement agent and limited the fund’s size to maintain its focus on lower-middle market investments, despite strong limited partner interest generated within just a few months of fundraising. With the close of Fund IV, the firm has now raised over $1.2

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 19, 2025

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Ontario Teachers Pension Plan closes Hong Kong office: Ontario Teachers Pension Plan is closing its Hong Kong office and shifting some staff to Singapore, as the $256-billion pension fund looks to streamline its operations in Asia.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 28, 2024

If you've been hearing a lot about semiconductor company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in recent months and you're not sure why, check out its returns in recent years: Year Return 2023 239% 2022 (50%) 2021 125% 2020 122% 2019 76% 2018 (31%) 2017 81% 2016 224% Source: 1stock1.com. If you don't own Nvidia.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Private equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for $2.17bn.The deal is expected to be signed soon, said the person, who declined to be identified as the information was private. MBK, Blackstone and Alinamin declined to comment.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Neiman filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020 after the pandemic forced the closing of Neiman and other stores across the United States, crushing the company’s revenues. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc. read more Blackstone’s Zawadzki Sees Private Credit as $25tn Market The $1.7

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 15, 2024

After all, in its entire 15-year history, Bitcoin has only reached a high of $69,000 -- and that was during the extremely frothy and speculative crypto bull market of 2020-2021. At first glance, this $1.5 million price target might strike you as outlandish. Let's take a closer look.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS) committed $400m (£315.55m) to private debt funds between October and December last year. The pension fund allocated $300m to the OIC Credit Opportunities IV fund, while the remaining $100m was committed to the Peninsula VIII, according to publicly available documents.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

The fundraising represents a significant increase from Crescent’s predecessor fund, Crescent European Specialty Lending Fund II, which announced its final close in April 2020 with 1.8bn of investable capital.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Disney's dividend elimination made sense When the pandemic hit in 2020, there was a great deal of uncertainty. Also, some large investors, like pension funds and insurance companies, have requirements that they only invest in dividend-paying companies. So there were bigger issues at play as well.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Kevin Carmichael of The Logic reports Freeland eyes power of pension funds to lift Canadian economy: We’ve been conditioned to dismiss federal budgets and fiscal updates as political documents. The Government of Canada shouldn't be hinting at how or where Canada's large pension funds invest. Let's keep it that way.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

This gap currently is wider than at any time other than the financial crisis of 2008 and the pandemic of 2020, it notes, and materially wider than the 10-year average of 22%. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3 million shares, worth about GBP38.6 pence, up 1.3%

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Pension Pulse

JULY 22, 2024

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds reports UN pension fund slashes equity and pushes into impact and venture: The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) recently reduced the allocation to equity in its $92.5 We are in a strong position compared to peers,” reflects Guazo who has led investment since 2020.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Astorg has closed the Normec Continuation Fund, capitalised with €1.4bn by lead investors CVC Secondary Partners, Pantheon, Lexington Partners and Eurazeo, alongside sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, asset managers and family offices.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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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Pension Pulse

APRIL 16, 2024

Derek Decloet and Christine Dobby of Bloomberg report Canada taps ex-BOC governor to examine how pension funds invest: Canada’s finance minister has asked former central bank governor Stephen Poloz to examine ways to entice its pension funds to invest more in the country.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

The Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (LACERS) has approved significant commitments totalling $367m to private credit and private equity funds, as outlined in the materials presented at its 25 February board meeting, according to a report by Pension & Investment Online.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as confirming that the $12.2bn firm, which manages over $400m in the Sustainable Solutions Fund, had hoped to raise a comparable amount for a follow-up fund. Approximately $300m of the initial fund’s capital came from New York’s public pension fund, which invested in 2020.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

Examples include a 19-property portfolio sold to Welltower REIT for around $300m in January 2020 and a 29-property portfolio sold to Nuveen Real Estate for approximately $620m in August 2021. It invests capital for its own account and on behalf of co-investment partners, including pension funds, institutions, and family offices.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Although Ziply generates cash flow, it is currently owned by private equity backers – including three Canadian pension funds – and they have put $2-billion of net debt on its balance sheet. telecom-focused private equity fund WaveDivision Capital, LLC. “The In all, BCE’s total debt level will remain roughly where it is now.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

BBGI said its board has recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the acquisition by BCI, which previously bought Compre, a London-based specialist in buying and managing non-life insurance portfolios, with Cinven in 2020. billion all-cash offer from Canadian pension fund manager British Columbia Investment Management (BCI).

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m.

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

According to a press statement, the fund was significantly oversubscribed, and markied a “substantial increase” from its predecessor, VIP IV, which closed at €4bn in 2020.

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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 Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Triton Debt Opportunities (TDO), the opportunistic credit arm of European investment firm Triton, has held the final close of its third fund (TDO III) in excess of its original €1bn fundraising target, and 40% larger than its predecessor fund, which closed at €744m in October 2020.

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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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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Olympus originally purchased Atlanta-based Soliant Health from Swiss HR services firm Adecco in early 2020. Currently, Olympus manages a portfolio of 13 companies and oversees funds totaling more than $10bn, primarily on behalf of corporate pension funds, endowment funds, and state-sponsored retirement programs.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 2, 2024

New Mountain’s previous flagship fund, Fund VI, was also oversubscribed and closed with approximately $9.6bn of commitments in 2020. That fund is now fully invested in platform companies, with the remaining capital reserved for follow-on growth investments.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

After back-to-back record-setting performances in 2020 and 2021, the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) hit a slump. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) offered to buy the designer of central processing units (CPUs) used in smartphones for $40 billion in 2020, but regulatory challenges ultimately quashed the deal.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

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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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Pension funds and endowments, which have seen limited cash payouts from their unlisted investments, are driving a surge in these once-niche transactions.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This represents a 34% increase in size from its predecessor fund, Rubicon Technology Partners III, which closed in 2020.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

He was the long-time chair of the Toronto Port Authority and, earlier in his career, advised a committee of Canada’s Senate on issues that included the creation of major public-sector pension funds such as the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Still, I will wait to read the final report to see what Mr. Poirier has to say.

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