Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

European growth investment firm Verdane has held the final close of Verdane Idun II, an Article 9 fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Directive, which will invest in businesses within the structural growth trend of decarbonisation, at its hard cap of €700m.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Allianz Global Investors and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed one of the largest “blended finance” funds on record, raising $1.1bn to invest in loans that help emerging and frontier countries meet sustainable development targets. The money raised through blended finance funds is a fraction of what’s needed.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up JPMorgan’s asset management arm manages funds for high-net-worth individuals and institutions such as endowments and pension funds. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans agreed unanimously with six private equity and hedge fund groups who had argued that the the SEC exceeded its authority by adopting the rule in August. ” He said in a statement.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Shore Capital Partners has closed its inaugural Healthcare Advantage Fund , second Business Services Partners Fund (“Business Services Fund II”), and first Shore Search Partners Fund (“Search Fund”). The three new funds exceeded their targets and represent over $1.9

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Venture capital investment firm TrueBridge Capital Partners has raised $1.6bn in capital commitments across five investment vehicles focusing on investments in other venture capital funds and technology companies. With these fundraisings, TrueBridge now manages more than $7.5bn in assets.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has written off over AUD1.1bn in equity and loans linked to US-based online education start-up Pluralsight, marking the fund’s largest single loss in its venture capital investments to date, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Innova Investments Addere Capital PM&Partners Ethica Group VERTEQ Capital SpA Astraco Capital Holding Claris Ventures SGR SpA Indaco Venture Partners StartupGym Claris Ventures Unicredit Wealth Management Advent International Banca Generali Partecipazione.AM

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

One factor driving that view is that it's only tapping into a small fraction of the capital invested in the commercial real estate market. Robust access to public capital "Access to capital is paramount to the success of our company," stated Realty Income CFO Jonathan Pong on the third-quarter conference call.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Essentially, during the lean times, it can take on debt to keep funding its business and dividend while it waits for better days. Duke's regulated operations have monopolies in the regions they serve and, in return, must get their rates and capital investment plans approved by the government. Brookfield Renewable Corp.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In partnership with global management consultancy Arthur D Little, Invest Europe has also released its annual sentiment survey. A total of 3,524 companies received backing in the first half, a more moderate 26% decline from last year, reflecting smaller average investment sizes across buyouts, growth, and venture capital.

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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. We thank our partners and look forward to working together to meet America’s clean energy needs.”

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 13, 2024

Bob Baldwin wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail stating a proposal to encourage more pension fund investing at home is wrong for Canada: Last month’s budget unveiled a working group led by former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz to collaborate with pension fund leaders to encourage funds to invest more of their assets in Canada.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 21, 2020

While it is nice to have these “rights”, the need for this letter actually has very little to do with how venture capital firms want to work with a portfolio company. The existence of these letters has everything to do with where the venture capital firms get their funds from.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 6, 2024

Andres Gonzales of Reuters reports Canadian pension fund OMERS, DWS to acquire Italy's group Grandi Stazioni Retail: Canadian public pension fund OMERS and DWS Group reached a deal to acquire Grandi Stazioni Retail, the two investors said on Tuesday. billion ($1.8-

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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.

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AltAssets

JULY 17, 2024

The $267bn-managing New York State Common Retirement Fund has revealed another clutch of significant alternative investment commitments worth $2.1bn. The post Infra investor Copenhagen the big winner as NY pension giant unveils $2.1bn first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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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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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 billion in net transfers from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

We believe the continued path of central bank normalization will support sustained inflows across bond funds, ETFs, and institutional accounts. And as long observed in markets, information about capital has become almost as important as capital itself. Fixed income remains a compelling organic growth opportunity for BlackRock.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 29, 2024

.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Today, Pine Gate Renewables announced the final closing of a $650 million investment from Generate Capital, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and HESTA. A trusted partner and leader in the industry, Pine Gate has closed more than $7 billion in project financing and capital investment.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 25, 2024

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Teachers' invests in portable battery company aiming to replace gas-powered generators: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a US$95-million funding round for Instagrid GmbH, a German maker of portable battery systems designed to replace gas-powered generators.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Chinook will manage the assets and deploy capital, with CDPQ becoming a minority shareholder to support the firm's growth and its natural capital portfolio expansion. ABOUT CDPQ At CDPQ, we invest constructively to generate sustainable returns over the long term.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Our investment strategy offers significant opportunities for growth across multiple verticals, including our core of retail and industrial and newer verticals such as data centers and gaming. At the same time, we are making progress toward the establishment of a private capital fund, which I'll touch on later in this call.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Swetha Gopinath of Bloomberg reports Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to co-own financial advisor Max Matthiessen: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) agreed to acquire a co-control stake in Stockholm-based financial advisor Max Matthiessen from private equity firm Nordic Capital Ltd. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

CDPQ has been a long-term partner to AES and this transaction marks another strong step forward for AES Ohio, enabling the increased capital investments needed to support our customers’ growing needs,” Andrés Gluski, AES president and chief executive, said in a statemen t. AES Ohio plans to invest more than $1.5 It reported a 4.2%

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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.

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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% The infrastructure arm of OMERS is investing an undisclosed amount to increase its stake in Interise from the 21.3% in the company.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

Barbara Shecter of the National Post reports Canada Pension Plan investing board posts 1.3% return for year: The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board posted a net return of 1.3 per cent for the fiscal year ended March 31, ending the year with net fund assets of $570 billion compared to $539 billion a year earlier.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential. By providing capital to these innovative ventures, you become a part of their exciting journey and have the opportunity to support cutting-edge ideas and technologies.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential. By providing capital to these innovative ventures, you become a part of their exciting journey and have the opportunity to support cutting-edge ideas and technologies.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 22, 2024

The pension fund manager had quietly tried to sell LifeLabs in previous processes and failed to find a buyer, according to two of the sources. The investment organization is collaborating with Blackstone’s real estate business for this transaction. The joint venture was created with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 26, 2023

As an investor in growth equity investing across UK and Europe, we see huge potential investment in the development and deployment of clean sustainable technology. trillion a year of capital investment will be needed on average between now and 2050 to build a net zero global economy, up from $1 trillion per annum today. (13)

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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

They are not like any other fund that you’ll hear me talk about. For me, I sat mostly in their internal, really an internal hedge fund. 00:06:01 [Speaker Changed] So you end up as head of global credit and senior managing director at Citadel Investment Group, was that right? Did they seed you, did they invest you?

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

The only alignment of interest is the amount of capital that any given manager or firm is putting into its fund. So when we started this strategy in 1718, and started allocating capital, investing in entrepreneurs who had a solution, that had to be massified. They’ve been a great partner ever since.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

In the first quarter, BlackRock generated long-term net inflows of $76 billion, partially offset by seasonal outflows from institutional money market funds. This category includes distribution and servicing costs, direct fund expense, and sub-advisory and other sales, asset and account-based expense. First quarter revenue of $4.7

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