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AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on Shadow Banks and Investing More in Canada

Pension Pulse

It is not monolithic and includes such varied enterprises as pension fund investment managers such as AIMCo , insurance companies, investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, mortgage investment companies – and still others. And this is why I'm reticent to recommend private credit at large to investors.

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AIMCo's CIO Talks Total Portfolio Approach, Private Credit and Risk

Pension Pulse

Rather than continuing to plough in capital, the investment team are now thinking more about comparing opportunities across assets and anticipating future trends. Huge growth capital expenditures, that’s what’s really driving the growth.” tied to assets including microchips.

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CPP Investments' Andrew Edgell on Private Debt's Next Stress Test

Pension Pulse

Looking forward, some skeptics might argue that most of the post GFC period was a low interest rate and low default rate environment and that too much capital may have been attracted to the space. A combination of our scale, certainty of assets, and our long investment horizon make us uniquely positioned as a global investor.

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Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Fortune Financial

Private Equity Private equity is a form of alternative investment that involves investing in privately-held companies. It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. trillion in buyouts, highlighting its resilience and impressive growth.

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Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Fortune Financial

Private Equity Private equity is a form of alternative investment that involves investing in privately-held companies. It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. trillion in buyouts, highlighting its resilience and impressive growth.

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Patron Capital raises in excess of €860m for seventh fund

Private Equity Wire

Patron Capital, a pan-European investor focused on property-backed investments, has closed its seventh flagship fund, raising in excess of €860m, including more than €200m of Patron discretionary co-investment capital for larger opportunities. Patron has already started to deploy capital from Fund VII.

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World’s Top Pension Funds See the Largest Assets Decline in 20 Years

Pension Pulse

Willis Towers Watson put out a press release stating the world’s top pension funds see the largest assets fall in 20 years: North America now accounts for nearly half of assets in world’s 300 largest pension funds ARLINGTON, Va., increase in the assets of the largest 300 pension funds in the previous year.