Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up In a separate report by German newspaper Boersenzeitung, Dutch Bank ABN Amro was also said to be nearing a deal for HSBC’s German wealth management unit, formerly known as Trinkaus & Burkhardt.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD 260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. Last month, ART opened an office in London, joining AustralianSuper and Aware Super’s expansion into the UK.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 as it was delisted by private equity firm TPG Inc.;

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 14, 2023

The fund’s investor base includes a diverse range of leading institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, and other strategic partners. Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. SMBC), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

New York-based banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co is actively seeking to acquire a private credit firm to strengthen its private capital operations within its $3.6tn asset management division. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

The private equity firm is working with an adviser to sell as much as a 30% stake in Think Gas, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. The asset could attract investment funds and pension funds, the people said.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm with over $40bn in AUM, has agreed to sell Forno d’Asolo Group, an Italian manufacturer and distributor of frozen bakery products valued at €1.1bn ($1.2bn), to a Investindustrial, a European mid-market private equity firm, and Sammontana, an ice cream manufacturer.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

As part of its investment plan, Vantage’s strategic land bank is expected to drive an estimated $30 billion of additional development. billion investment from pension fund Australian Super. The move to look to equity investments differs from data centre rival DigitalRealty’s approach.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

This new hire is part of Lazard’s broader initiative to enhance its business with private equity firms. At Guggenheim, Haydon served as Senior Managing Director in financial sponsor investment banking. At Guggenheim, Haydon served as Senior Managing Director in financial sponsor investment banking.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

In April, Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure arm agreed to buy Milan-listed construction firm Salcef Group SpA with the Salciccia family, who have controlled it for decades. 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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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blackstone's unique investment business Blackstone manages investments for big money managers, including pension funds and institutional investors, and its $1 trillion in AUM makes it one of the largest asset managers in the world. Here's why this news is a big deal. What sets Blackstone apart from competitors is its investing style.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Alto Partners, an Italian mid-market private equity firm, has closed its latest fund, Alto Capital V, at €273m, notching a 30% increase over its predecessor, Alto Capital IV, which closed at €210m. It utilises both buyout and selected expansion investments, with the equity ticket ranging from €20m to €40m.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Speaking to PEI, Teisseire noted “a general interest across platforms, both private equity and private debt”, though the firm’s focus in the short term would most likely be on the latter. There is currently no set headcount target for the new North Asia branch.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Asia-managed fund says it has already deployed half the money raised in three platforms. Read more BlackRock Backs Seraya Partners’ $800m Asia-Focused Infrastructure Fund Top global asset managers including BlackRock are among investors in an Asia-focused. is said to be nearing a deal to buy a stake in Cotiviti Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 7, 2023

It comprises 17 African shareholders—including sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions, banks, pension funds, asset managers, and retirement agencies—and two international Institutional Investors. Other entities are expected to join this first transaction.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Singapore- and New Delhi-based private equity firm Quadria Capital has marked the first close of its third investment vehicle. “We are on track to reach our final target for this fund, which puts us in good stead to execute our strategy and capitalise on a rich pipeline of opportunities.”

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

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. And whenever possible, the firm prefers borrowers that are previous clients with problem-free repayment records.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners (Renovus) has held the final close of its fourth private equity fund Renovus Capital Partners IV Core Buyout, which was significantly oversubscribed with total capital commitments of $875m.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since inception in 2015, Vistara has raised over $500m, primarily from non-institutional sources such as family offices, entrepreneurs, and private foundations, predominantly based in British Columbia. read more Apollo Set to Make $6.26bn Bid for UK’s Pension Insurance Corporation Private equity firm Apollo Global (APO.N)

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Bank of England (BoE) is intensifying its efforts to closely monitor risks in the non-bank financial sector, which includes private equity firms, hedge funds, and asset managers, according to a report by Institutional Investor. Results from this stress-testing exercise are expected by year-end.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

I think the impact that it's going to have on a lot of banks, especially regional, smaller banks who have a lot of office loans on their books. Banks aren't in the business of owning and managing office real estate. They can't recycle capital in the same way a private equity firm can or raise new capital.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 6, 2024

Yukon Partners, a Minneapolis, Boston, and West Palm Beach based private equity firm, closed Yukon Capital Partners V, L.P., and its associated parallel funds with total commitments of $765.2m.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

We are thrilled to be entering into this partnership, on behalf of our pension fund client ABP and Asset Owner Partners, and we are eager to work closely with the euNetworks team as they continue to develop and further their strategic vision.” Billion Loan for AirTrunk Bid Private equity firm Blackstone Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

” The raise announced today comprises committed capital investments in energyRe LLC from Glentra Capital alongside co-investors Novo Holdings and Denmark -based pension fund PKA. The capital package also includes a mandated corporate debt facility to be arranged by Santander and Deutsche Bank.

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American Investment Council

JANUARY 24, 2024

Historically, small business owners had two main options: attract investors–or approach banks for loans. However, the lending landscape has shifted and a growing number of small business owners are exploring an alternative source of capital: private credit. Private credit refers to loans provided by non-bank institutions to businesses.

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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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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Economist World Ahead 2023 predicted: “Major economies will go into recession as central banks raise interest rates to stifle inflation, an after-effect of the pandemic since inflamed by high energy prices.” A recession is foretold; central banks are on course to overtighten policy as they seek to tame inflation.”

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

Investment banks were not really a known concept in the area where I grew up. I lined up a bunch of job interviews with a variety of banks. So I got to know banks a little bit. So I interviewed with a bunch of banks, got a number of job offers by the end of the week, and joined Goldman Sachs in October 1998.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 10, 2024

Central banks across the world continue to communicate the need to maintain restrictive monetary policy to achieve their inflation targets and that has had serious implications for the prevailing economic environment. Also, supply is cyclical and there will come a point where the bid-ask spread narrows and PE firms start to transact again.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. 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. How did those experiences lead to a career in private equity?

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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

00:15:57 [Speaker Changed] The firm was built on finding white spaces. And so I remember back, back in 2005 when we first started, you know, we think about the banks. The banks would have an equity trading desk and they’d have a debt desk, right? And so the pension funds are faced with this illiquidity problem.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3 Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3 read more The post Private-equity firm Sycamore Partners mulling Macy’s takeover bid appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Apollo is one of a number investors, both wealthy individuals and professional money managers, that have reached out in recent weeks to BDT & MSD Partners, the investment bank advising the Redstones, according to people familiar with the discussions. Private equity firms RedBird Capital Partners and KKR & Co.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

In addition to insurance clients, pension funds and other LPs see the value we're creating in private credit, and there's been a strong response to our product offerings. We'll go next to Craig Siegenthaler with Bank of America. Craig Siegenthaler -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Analyst Good morning, everyone.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Global pension funds have continued to ramp up their private equity investments in 2024, with the 20 largest funds globally allocating a combined $707.6bn to the asset class so far this year, according to a report by Banking Exchange.

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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 Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, his name is Steve Klinsky, and he has an absolutely storied history in the field of private equity. It was between corporate law and investment banking. Well, there were only 20 private equity firms in the world in 1984.

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