Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

The country’s growing pool of pension funds and increasing corporate restructuring activities are drawing the attention of alternative investment firms worldwide. Large buyouts accounted for 42% of total transactions in 2024, while smaller deals comprised 30%. Can`t stop reading?

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 17, 2025

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. OMERS Private Equity manages approximately C$27.5

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. For the quarter, the Funds net return was 3.8%.

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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. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal counsel for OMERS Private Equity.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Nest, the UK government-backed workplace pension fund, said it preferred proven business models to early-stage venture capital. Huge pension funds in Canada and Australia have been held out as examples that UK schemes could follow to improve returns. of the fund's assets were invested in listed stocks, 27.1%

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Here are the key takeaways from their conversation: Background and BCI Overview: Jim Pittman has over 30 years of experience in finance and private equity, with a background in accounting and industry experience as a CFO and COO. One other thing Jim neglected to mention is he has seeded private equity funds in the past.

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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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