Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to making European growth buyout investments with offices in Paris, London and Boston, has raised €2.8bn in funds to invest in companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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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. billion (US$75 million) to Polaris Capital Fund VI.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Poirier is the chief executive officer of NeuState Advisory, a firm he founded, and a former executive in the pensions division of asset manager State Street Corp. Again, for me it's straightforward, OMERS is a large global pension fund but it doesn't need two boards.

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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 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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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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