Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

The New York State Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest public pension funds in the US, allocated over $3bn in November 2024. Among the private equity investments, NYSCRF allocated $2bn across four tranches to Neuberger Bermans NB Co-Investment Fund III. This fund targets co-investments in North America and Europe.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 17, 2024

His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. That means more passive index funds will include the stock in their portfolios, driving more buyers for the shares. The outlook for the business looks strong.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The fund is 33% larger than its predecessor, reflecting strong investor demand for energy transition investments. Brookfield Asset Management is targeting at least $7bn for its fourth infrastructure debt fund, expanding one of the largest strategies in the sector. Read more here. Read more here.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Nordic Capital has successfully closed its latest fund, Evolution II, at its 2bn hard cap, exceeding its initial target of 1.4bn. The re-up rate is reported to have exceeded 100% by capital, with strong commitments from both existing investors and new entrants.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

AshGrove Capital (AshGrove), an independent pan-European speciality lender, has held the final close of AshGrove Speciality Lending Fund II at its hard cap of €650m, surpassing its original target of €500m. Fund II achieved a 107% re-up rate among existing limited partners as well as securing over €325m in new capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Alchemy Partners closed its latest fund, Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund V, securing 1bn in capital commitments and surpassing its initial fundraising target. It includes institutional investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, consultants, and family offices.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Insight Partners, a leading global software investor, raised $12.5bn for its latest fund, Insight Partners XII. The fund, one of the largest in the firms history, will focus on high-growth software and technology companies across multiple sectors.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Growth equity firm Valspring Capital has closed its first fund, Valspring Capital Fund I, exceeding its $255m target, with plans to focus on investments in growth-stage companies in the healthcare sector. Valspring Capital was founded in 2022 by a team that previously worked at Bain Capital Ventures.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

New Forests, a global sustainable investment manager, has raised 410m in the first close of its latest fund, focused on climate and forestry initiatives. The fund, supported by European investors such as pension funds, insurers, and family offices, aims to reach a final target of 600m.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Shamrock Capital (Shamrock), an LA-based investment firm specialising in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors, has held the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund VI (Growth VI) and Shamrock Capital Clover Fund I (Clover I), with a combined $1.6bn in capital commitments.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Enlightenment Capital, a private equity firm specialising in Aerospace, Defence, Government, and Technology (ADG&T), has held the final close of its fifth investment fund, which was oversubscribed, with $825m in capital commitments. The capital raised marks a 50% increase from its previous fund.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

The capital was secured from a broad range of global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. It highlights the growing demand for liquidity solutions among institutional investors.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 28, 2025

The strategy reached $1.8bn in investable capital at first close, positioning AlbaCore to expand its footprint in the European private credit space. Founded in 2016, London-based AlbaCore manages $9bn in assets on behalf of global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, consultants, family offices, and endowments.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Private investment house Ardian has raised a record 3.2bn for its sixth-generation Expansion Fund, Ardian Expansion Fund VI (AEF VI), which will focus on making equity investments ranging from 50m to 300m, in private mid-sized businesses. Already 33% deployed, the fund has completed eight transactions in category-leading companies.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 13, 2023

AP Pension has invested in a Morgan Stanley fund that aims to reduce carbon emissions by 1GT ahead of 2050. Danish pension fund AP Pension has invested in the Morgan Stanley 1 Gigaton fund, which aims to remove one gigaton of CO2-equivalent emissions from the Earth’s atmosphere by 2050.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 17, 2023

Australia’s third-largest pension fund will officially open its first overseas outpost in London in November, a senior company official said, pushing for more private market investments as the sector outgrows the confines of home. The country’s biggest fund, AustralianSuper, recently poached senior executives from J.P.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS), based in Augusta, has approved two alternative investment commitments totalling up to $200m, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online citing James Bennett, the Chief Investment Officer of the $20.2bn pension fund. of its total assets.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

International hedge funds and private equity firms are increasingly investing in Lloyds of Londons tax-exempt investment vehicle, as the 300-year-old UK institution expands its efforts to attract global investors, according to a report by the Financial Times. This has drawn increasing attention from alternative fund managers.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Investcorp has been chosen by Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP), one of Malaysias largest pension funds, to manage a $110m special managed account focused on private equity. Investcorp has also secured capital from institutional investors in India for its India Growth Equity Fund. Source: Zawya Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The firm is looking to extend its role beyond investing client capital to managing funds for private equity and alternative asset managers, according to Chief Financial Officer Martin Small. The firm aims to offer a comprehensive suite of services, including direct lending, fund financing, and GP-led secondary transactions.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijings tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating economy having left foreign investors capital effectively trapped, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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PE Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

Credit Fund IV's investors include state and county pension funds, corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and insurance companies. The post KSL Capital Partners wraps up fourth credit fund at $1.26bn appeared first on PE Hub.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

The country’s growing pool of pension funds and increasing corporate restructuring activities are drawing the attention of alternative investment firms worldwide.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds (CRPTF) has committed up to $450m to bolster its private equity portfolio, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing an announcement by State Treasurer Erick Russell. As of June 30, the pension fund had an actual allocation of 11.3%

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AltAssets

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The $110bn-managing Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has picked a trio of private equity fundraises among its latest commitments. The post MassPRIM picks out GTCR smaller buyout fund, Nordic Capital mid-market vehicle in latest commitments appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Balbec Capital (Balbec), an alternative investment manager with over $16bn in platform assets, has held the final close of InSolve Global Credit Fund VI (IGCF VI), with over $1.7bn in commitments across the flagship fund and related vehicles. To date, the Fund has called 51% of capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Mubadala Investment Company , Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investment arm, has formed a strategic partnership with New York-based alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital as it seeks to co-invest in private credit opportunities amid a tightening monetary environment around the world. Source: The National News Can’t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 9, 2024

This is the situation with Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) and its 13.6% That kept the dividend yield up at lofty levels the entire time even though income investors would have had the worst possible outcome, taking a lower dividend payment and a capital loss. dividend yield. That shows up in its dividend, which has increased at a 4.3%

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Chicago Public School Teachers’ Pension & Retirement Fund has allocated $30m to private equity funds following its 20 June board meeting, according to a report by Pensions & Investments. As of 31 March, the fund’s existing allocations to private equity and infrastructure stood at 8.5%

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The $95bn New Jersey Pension Fund has reportedly made six new commitments totalling $750m to private equity funds. The post New Jersey Pension Fund commits $750m across a string of funds first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The fund attracted both new and existing investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, consultants, and multi-family offices. The previous iteration of the fund closed in 2022 with over $1.5bn in commitments. The fund has already called 51% of capital commitments.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has launched its third fund under the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) regime with the creation of the Aviva Investors Multi-Sector Private Debt LTAF (MSPD LTAF).

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

In a new investment relationship for the pension fund, its independent investment committee committed up to $75m to the Blackstone Private Multi-Asset Credit Fund. NHRS has an existing relationship Top Tier.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Coalesce Capital Fund I, and parallel vehicles, with $900m in total capital commitments. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 17, 2025

bd-capital, a London, UK-based operator-led mid market investment firm, raised $430M for its Second fund. Commitments to Fund 2 were secured from a diverse cohort of institutional investors, including insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

31, 2023, a pension fund that owns shares of Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Amazon's board of directors, alleging it "acted in bad faith" in declining to hire SpaceX to work on Project Kuiper. And as SpaceNews reported on Aug. A November 2020 expansion on the plans likewise failed to elicit guidelines or oversight from the board.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Most real estate investment trusts (REITs) are fairly simple to understand, but that's not the case for Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY). Insurance companies and pension funds are the types of investors that might appreciate this REIT. and Annaly Capital Management wasn't one of them!

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