Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

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

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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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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. Ackman's activist investor strategy requires a highly concentrated portfolio. But Brookfield isn't just about making moves to attract more investment capital.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

GSAM has committed $150m of its own capital to the fund, which will primarily target senior lending opportunities but retain the flexibility to provide junior debt when needed. The fund aims to generate net returns of 8% to 10% on an unlevered basis, with levered investments expected to deliver around 13%. reaching its $999.9m

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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. ADIAs Executive Director Hamad Shahwan AlDhaheri noted the strategic fit with the sovereign investors growing relationship with AlbaCore. Can`t stop reading?

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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 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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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. This mandate highlights Investcorps growing presence in Asia, where the firm has raised $2.2bn from institutional investors in the past 18 months.

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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. The investor base for ASOF V is geographically diverse, with commitments from North America (45%), Europe (30%), and Asia-Pacific (25%).

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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. Source: PR Newswire Can’t stop reading?

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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. The new fund will invest in both junior and senior infrastructure debt, continuing Brookfields established approach. Employee and limited partner commitments also contributed to the funds oversubscribed close.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 9, 2024

Dividend investors are attracted to high-yield stocks for good reason, as higher yields maximize the income that can be generated. This is the situation with Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) and its 13.6% This is the situation with Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) and its 13.6% dividend yield. dividend yield.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Private equity firms and pension funds are pouring unprecedented amounts of money into the UK rental housing market, driven by soaring demand and a persistent housing affordability crisis, according to a report by the Financial Times. Sigma Capital Group, an early entrant, has grown its portfolio to over 8,500 homes.

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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 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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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. Aware Super, with A$160 billion ($102 billion) in assets, will set up in the district of St.

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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 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

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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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). Most investors should probably stick to investments that are easier to wrap one's head around (like property-owning REITs). That's simple math, but the implications are huge for dividend investors.

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The fund attracted both new and existing investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, consultants, and multi-family offices. Warren Spector, chairman of Balbec, highlighted the strong investor confidence in the firms approach, investment process, and analytics.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Of the 200 limited partners (LPs) participating in the fund, approximately 80 were returning investors from AEF V, contributing nearly half of the capital raised with an average 13% increase in their commitments. At the same time, AEF VI welcomed nearly 120 new investors, including more than 50 first-time Ardian clients.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Chequers Capital will support GIF in accelerating its strategic expansion, including targeted acquisitions to enhance its product range and consolidate its leadership in the premium convenience food space. With this acquisition, Chequers Capital aims to reinforce GIFs growth trajectory and expand its presence in the European food market.

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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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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.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

With the Private Capital Summit Europe 2025 just three months away, Aftab Bose, Private Equity Wire’s Head of Content, outlines why next year’s flagship European event is a ‘must-attend’ for GPs and LPs alike… What is the aim of the Private Capital Summit Europe 2025? Private markets are transforming the world.

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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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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Windjammer Capital Investors (Windjammer), a private equity investment firm focused on control equity investments in middle-market businesses, has closed its sixth fund, Windjammer Capital Fund VI (Fund VI), at its hard cap with $1.3bn in capital commitments. trillion ($965.47 billion) in assets have.

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AltAssets

JUNE 19, 2024

Financial advisory and asset management major Lazard has brought in former Citigroup managing director Ali Syed to boost its coverage of sovereign wealth funds and pensions. The post Lazard brings in Citigroup’s Syed to lead sovereign wealth, pension fund private capital advisory first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The report cites unnamed individuals familiar with the situation as revealing that the pension fund, which oversees state pensions and other assets, aims to reduce its exposure to higher-yielding opportunistic credit strategies and shift focus towards more stable, mainstream direct lending.

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FinSMEs

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Nordic Capital, a private equity investor, closed Nordic Capital Evolution II, at EUR 2 Billion. Raised within four months from launch, the Fund closed at its hard cap exceeding its target ofEUR 1.4 The investor base comprises a diversified mix of institutional investors: public and private pension funds (c.41%);

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, has recently announced the launch of the IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund. The closed-end fund, with a total capitalization of $500m, will focus on acquiring medical properties and senior housing assets across the United States. for its investors.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 22, 2024

Investors often invest in obscure or less proven cryptocurrencies in hopes that they have found the next Bitcoin. Previously confined to traditional assets like stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, the $100 trillion wealth management industry now has direct access to Bitcoin.

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