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Keensight Capital raises €2.8bn for European healthcare and tech company investments

Private Equity Wire

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to making European growth buyout investments with offices in Paris, London and Boston, has raised €2.8bn in funds to invest in companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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TRS makes additional $175m PE commitments

Private Equity Wire

The report cites TRS spokesman Rob Maxwell as confirming in a an emailed statement, that in November, TRS allocated $100m to KCO Fund Co-Invest, a buyout co-investment fund managed by Kingswood Capital Management, plus $75m to Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund XI, a buyout fund managed by Frazier Healthcare Partners.

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ICYMI: Media Outlets Highlight AIC Study on Private Equity’s Superior Returns for Public Pensions

American Investment Council

Maloney: “PE investments tend mostly to benefit smaller companies, which boost the economy and need the capital.” Over the past decade, private equity delivered 15.2 public pension funds earn 10-year median return of 15.2% The AIC report examines the private equity investments of 200 U.S.

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Robert Poirier to Lead OMERS Governance Review; OPE Acquires Integris

Pension Pulse

He was the long-time chair of the Toronto Port Authority and, earlier in his career, advised a committee of Canada’s Senate on issues that included the creation of major public-sector pension funds such as the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal counsel for OMERS Private Equity.

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OMERS to Stop Making Direct Private Equity Investments in Europe

Pension Pulse

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.

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Australia’s QIC Private Equity names VP and promotes two 

Private Equity Wire

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. QIC has also promoted Toby Suen from Principal to Partner, having joined QIC in 2019 from the private markets team at Abrdn, where he was Investment Manager.

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CDPQ to Pump $11.2 Billion Into European Private Markets

Pension Pulse

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.