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OMERS to Stop Making Direct Private Equity Investments in Europe

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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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BCI's Jim Pittman on Staying Liquid, Focused and Agile in Private Equity

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It is for this reason that Canadian pension giant BCI finds itself in a rather enviable position. Under the leadership of global head of private equity Jim Pittman, the C$233 billion ($172.8 Valuations are definitely a somewhat high as few transactions are happening due to bid ask spread and cost of debt. billion; €158.2