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

JULY 24, 2024

In late 2022, the system explored a sale of its PE fund stakes that was reported to be worth more than $1 billion, before ultimately deciding to hold off as markets deteriorated and pricing outlook appeared bleak, as affiliate title Buyouts reported at the time. billion to an investor group led by Goldman Sachs in 2018.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 24, 2023

A month ago, Eliyahu Kamisher of the Los Angels Times reported that CalPERS pension fund posts 5.8% gain in its latest fiscal year as the stock market rally and private debt buoyed the largest traditional public pension fund in the United States. pension fund, has yet to release its fiscal 2023 results.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Razak Musah Baba of IPE Real Assets reports OMERS to buy Allianz’s stake in Indian road infrastructure trust: Canadian pension fund OMERS is buying Allianz Capital Partners’ 13.5% stake in Interise Trust , increasing its ownership in the Indian road sector infrastructure trust to 34.8%.

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Pension Pulse

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Silas Brown and Kat Hidalgo of Bloomberg report Florida pension to offload up to $4 billion of private credit: The Florida State Board of Administration is looking to sell a bundle of private credit stakes worth as much as $4 billion in what would be one of the largest deals of its kind, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is for this reason that Canadian pension giant BCI finds itself in a rather enviable position. billion) public pension fund has spent much of the past decade using the secondaries market to cultivate a comparatively liquid portfolio of illiquid assets. billion; €158.2 Asia-Pacific represented 9.7

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

In private credit, tightening credit conditions resulting from a handful of bank failures and rescues in the United States have opened up opportunities for non-bank players like pension funds, he said. which focuses on control buyouts and minority investments in mid-to-large companies across Asia. per cent return.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

But because these are really good businesses, which got levered, they got leveraged through these leverage buyouts. Whatever you can get for it, hit the bid. Early nineties was the start of the modern high yield leverage buyout business done at scale. You guys just get rid of this. They’re very aggressive sellers.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. So I’m proud of our role in it.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In addition to BMW and Volkswagen AG , Northvolt’s top investors included Goldman Sachs’s asset management arm, Denmark’s biggest pension fund ATP, Baillie Gifford & Co. funds and a number of Swedish entities. What a mess, Northvolt's collapse has hit many investors, including Canadian pension funds.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

UK healthcare real estate investment trust Assura has rejected a 1.56bn ($1.96bn) takeover proposal from private equity buyout giant KKR and the Universities Superannuation Scheme, according to a report by Reuters. However, the Assura board declined the bid, prompting KKR to reconsider whether further engagement would be worthwhile.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 3, 2025

Ralph Berg, chief investment officer at OMERS for nearly two years, brings a fresh perspective to pension fund management with a history and work pedigree different to what you might expect from a Canadian fund investment boss. Private equity is the final piece of the puzzle with investments dominated by the buyout program.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Nicolas Van Praet of the Globe and Mail reports pension giant Caisse strikes deal to acquire Innergex Renewable Energy: Canadian pension fund giant Caisse de dpt et placement du Qubec has struck a deal to buy Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. in a bid to leave the short-term view of stock market investors behind.

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