Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Hahn & Company, a private equity fund operator, has attracted about 1 trillion won ($749 bn) in institutional funds for its first domestic funding. These alone have raised funds amounting to about 2 trillion won. The investment size from securities firms is also at the level of 100bn won.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

It has vaulted to the top rungs of the alternative-asset management world by focusing on what it does best: private credit. Yet, like its peers, Ares feels compelled to diversify into other asset classes, such as real estate, infrastructure, and private equity. The attractions of sticking with private credit are obvious.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

US institutional investors are offloading their private equity holdings at slashed prices, reflecting a broader trend of reducing exposure to the illiquid asset class, with pension funds and endowments leading the charge, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Goldman Sachs Asset Management closed its purchase of Norwegian e-learning platform Kahoot! ASA in January with funding from Denmark’s Kirk Kristiansen dynasty, the owners of Lego Group. The shift is catching the eye of major investment banks. Darren Allaway, a London-based managing director in Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Lazard has appointed Guggenheim Securities banker Courtney Haydon as a Managing Director in a move to bolster its private equity and alternative asset management dealmaking efforts, according to a report by Reuters. At Guggenheim, Haydon served as Senior Managing Director in financial sponsor investment banking.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

Lazard has recruited Courtney Haydon from Guggenheim Securities as Managing Director to enhance its private equity and alternative asset management dealmaking capabilities, according to a report by Reuters. At Guggenheim, Haydon was a senior managing director specialising in financial sponsor investment banking.

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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 Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It had received commitments from both existing and new investors that include institutional investors, insurance and pension funds, development finance institutions and family offices across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, it said. IFC committed about $40m to the new fund, with a co-investment sleeve of up to $30m.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

Carlyle initially acquired Cogentrix from Goldman Sachs in 2012 for an undisclosed sum and has since doubled the company’s assets by purchasing new power plants and expanding its operations. We will continue to be very active in those areas through our existing portfolio companies, as well as new investments that we make.”

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

OHA sourced this transaction through its strategic direct lending partnership with BMO Capital Markets (“BMO”), which includes over $1bn to invest in jointly originated senior secured private credit assets.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 16, 2024

A higher cost of debt and slower economic growth have created a tough investing environment, pushing down the value of some private assets that pension funds own. Private credit has been one of the best-performing asset classes for some large pension funds in recent years, often earning double-digit percentage gains.

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 31, 2022

Acquisition of Axicom from investment bank Macquarie follows funds buying up infrastructure assets

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Pension Pulse

MAY 23, 2024

It’s late April, and Emond is appearing at a hearing at Quebec’s National Assembly, where parliamentarians are zeroing in on a perceived dilution of the share of assets the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested at home, from 26.1% a decade ago to 20.3% What’s important is the Caisse is a partner to the Quebec economy.”

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

He is the Chief Investment Officer of Asset and Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. trillion in assets under supervision. I thought this was an absolutely fascinating way to see the world of investment management. And I think you will also.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

Mr. Hill will join OMERS in September, the public pension fund announced Wednesday, and report to Ralph Berg, who took over as the chief investment officer in April. He also spent 25 years in investment banking at Japanese dealer Nomura Securities, German lender Deutsche Bank AG and U.S.-based

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is not monolithic and includes such varied enterprises as pension fund investment managers such as AIMCo , insurance companies, investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, mortgage investment companies – and still others. The fund has ballooned to $50.7 over the three years.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2024

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports OMERS reports steady gains at mid-year mark in shift to bonds, credit: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System relied on steady returns from private assets, tailwinds from strong stock markets and a resilient U.S. dollar assets, which boosted its overall investment return by 1.7

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan chief investment officer to depart at the end of December: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan chief investment officer Ziad Hindo is leaving the pension fund manager at the end of the year after five years in the role.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Low De Wei of Bloomberg News reports BlackRock, Aimco Back $800 Million Asia Infrastructure Fund: An Asia-focused infrastructure fund has raised $800 million from investors including funds managed by BlackRock Inc. and pension manager Alberta Investment Management Corp., amid renewed interest in the asset class.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 23, 2024

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The Big Picture

JULY 28, 2023

And now that this one is over everyone can go back to worrying about what’s going to cause the next bear market. ( A Wealth of Common Sense ) • Family Offices Are Patiently Watching These Asset Classes for Opportunities : Real estate and private debt are among the investments these asset owners are eyeing.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 10, 2023

Crane was most recently a senior managing director, responsible for overseeing and managing infrastructure and natural resources investments for the pension fund in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the pension fund, it currently has more than 85 employees in the region. He holds a B.S. He holds a B.S.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

A broader worry is that while buyers’ hunger may be back for higher-quality companies, as shown by the uptick in investment-banking activity on Wall Street, the books of PE firms are stuffed with less attractive businesses snapped up at inflated prices. estimates private-market assets were $13.1 McKinsey and Co.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 4, 2023

The company is still in talks with its shareholders about raising as much as £1 billion in fresh funds following a £500 million injection agreed last year. Its largest shareholder is Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers), which holds a nearly 32 per cent stake. What happened to Bentley?

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 22, 2024

Last year, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) hired investment banks to find a new owner for Toronto-based LifeLabs , according to four sources familiar with the sales process. Two of the sources said OMERS picked New York-based Evercore Group LLC to run the process and also brought in a Canadian bank.

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Tucker Advisors

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Shortly after The Great Recession began unraveling in 2008, many people feared insurance companies would suffer the same fate as investment banks like Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, Wachovia and Washington Mutual. After all, no one could have predicted those banks would fail, either. Lockheed Martin offloads $4.9 3, 2021 [link].

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Megacap tech stocks tumbled as investors dumped risk assets amid mounting worries about the health of the U.S. “The market’s oscillating between this idea of is bad news bad news, or is bad news good news, and the sense that it may revive hopes that the Fed moves more aggressively than markets anticipate.” Amazon slid 3.7%

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

They do everything from hard assets like real estate, infrastructure, aircraft, power plants, to private debt, event driven opportunities. Europe accounts for anywhere between a third and a half of their investments. That whole distressed debt department at city 00:06:31 [Speaker Changed] Banks are wanting to sell?

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They run over $27 billion in, in assets. And that was very important because when this was the dawning of what is now a big analyst program across the country in all banks and investment banks. There was no m and a departments in any investment bank really until the very late seventies.

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The Big Picture

MAY 23, 2023

And now we, you know, we’re just shy of $145 billion of assets on the management across the entire credit curve. Not its asset management, its brokerage piece. GREW: So, I got a call and this one was ultimately from a recruiter who’s working for Lehman Brothers, an investment bank, a bond house. But the roots are deep.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Mike Wilson has been with Morgan Stanley since 1989, rising up through the ranks of institutional sales, trading, investing, banking to eventually becoming Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist. So I was really investment banking. What was that experience like? What was your trading career like?

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The Big Picture

JULY 24, 2023

And so for the longest time, I actually thought that my unconventional background, I wasn’t an Ivy League student, I didn’t train at an investment bank, I wasn’t working for a hedge fund, I started my career as a bank teller. I think the China EV, I think BYD would be a key asset to own this decade.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

Mathieu Chabran is the co-founder of TIKEHAU Capital, a Paris-based alternative asset manager. They run over $40 billion worth of assets. I found this to be really a fascinating conversation about approaching the world of investing from a different angle. I joined, effectively, Deutsche Bank. We were 28, 30 respectively.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was between corporate law and investment banking. KLINSKY: But I also just finished being the chairman of the private equity industry, something called the American Investment Council. KKR was the biggest with $400 million of assets and eight people. RITHOLTZ: What other lines of investment do you focus on?

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The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management , is below. BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, Ken Kencel of Churchill Asset Management, CEO, Founder, President. This is really a fascinating story. Ken Kencel, welcome to Bloomberg.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

They run over $135 billion in assets. David is on the global investment committee. I was actually running the Investment Banking Club at BYU, and you know, thought I was interested in that, interested in going to Wall Street. And I went to pitch this asset management guy on why he should come be a part of that process.

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