Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Data from the first half of the year from Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, shows a drop in activity amid challenging economic and market conditions.

Venture Capital 104

Venture Capital Pension Funds Buyout Consulting 104

Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With the ongoing growth of its platform, Vistara is now seeking to broaden its investor base by targeting pension funds and other institutional investors, and geographically by launching vehicles for both US and international investors. is weighing a bid for UK's Pension Insurance Corporation.

Funds 130

Funds Bidding Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 130

AltAssets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Pension investment major MassPRIM has picked a pair of venture capital funds for its latest alternative asset commitments. The post MassPRIM picks VC pair for latest alts fund commitments first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Funds Assets Capital 98

AltAssets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The $58bn-managing New Mexico State Investment Council has picked funds from venture capital investors The Column Group and Anzu Partners among its latest alternatives commitments.

Venture Capital 97

Venture Capital Funds Investing Capital 97

Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential.

Hedge Funds 52

Hedge Funds Due Diligence Portfolios Leveraged Buyouts 52

Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential.

Hedge Funds 52

Hedge Funds Due Diligence Portfolios Leveraged Buyouts 52

AltAssets

MARCH 8, 2024

Schroders' private markets investment arm has picked up a £300m cornerstone investment ahead of the launch of its UK venture and growth Long-Term Asset Fund. The post These cornerstone investors just committed £300m to Schroders Capital’s latest LTAF first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Investors 73

Investors Assets Funds Pension Funds 73

AltAssets

AUGUST 10, 2023

Canadian pension giant OMERS is scrapping its European venture capital investment program after just four years to focus on 'better opportunities' in the North American market. The post Pension giant OMERS pulls out of European VC, sees better opportunities in North America first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Capital Investments Capital Pension Funds 98

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.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout Pension Funds 52

Pension Pulse

MAY 1, 2024

pension fund manager sells $1-billion of private equity holdings to French buyout firm Ardian: British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is selling more than US$1-billion of stakes in private equity funds to French buyout firm Ardian SAS, tapping the secondaries market for private assets to free up cash for new investments.

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Pension Funds Buyout Stakes 59

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.

Buyout 59

Buyout Pension Funds Investing Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

She will focus on diligence for co-investment, fund and secondary opportunities predominantly in the middle and lower middle-market buyout and growth equity space. He focuses on European investment strategies including venture capital, buyouts and co-investments.

Buyout 98

Buyout Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Private Equity Managers 98

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. RITHOLTZ: Right. KLINSKY: Yeah.

Leveraged Buyouts 105

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 105

Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

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.

Pension Funds 52

Pension Funds Debt Assets Banks 52

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. We were very slow to get into venture capital and growth.

Pension Funds 40

Pension Funds Assets Debt Private Equity Firms 40

Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

Ian Bickis of The Canadian Press reports CPP Investments earned 8 per cent in latest fiscal year, net assets rose to $632 billion: Canada's biggest pension fund earned an eight per cent return last year, but significantly underperformed the 19.9 Committed €500 million to CVC Capital Partners IX, L.P., Based in the U.S.,

Investing 59

Investing Pension Funds Stakes Assets 59

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

They’re the largest listed buyout firm in Europe. He is the chief executive officer of the Partners Group, which is Europe’s biggest listed private equity and buyout firm, with a market cap of about $25 billion. RITHOLTZ: So let’s talk a little bit about some of your closed-end funds. in Colorado.

Assets 59

Assets Due Diligence Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 59

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

We’re going to look at a buyout and look at the pricing, look at the structure. You had a lot of the big buyout firms, they were doing the transactions in the ‘80s, in the early ‘90s. In other words, we’re not lending to kind of pie in the sky venture capital businesses. It was a bit of a tar baby back then.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Banks Finance 59

The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

Pension funds, perhaps, maybe aren’t growing as much as they need them to. RITHOLTZ: Clearly, 401(k) is not a much faster growing part of the allocation landscape than either direct benefits or pensions, if anything, that side of the street is shrinking dramatically. And so, this is a ripe market for them.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Finance Financing 59