Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

RRJ Capital, the private equity firm founded by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Richard Ong, is seeking to raise as much as $2bn for a new fund that focuses on private credit in Asia. The soon-to-be-launched private credit fund has a target investment return rate of 15% to 18% and will avoid distressed situations.

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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 Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Sandbrook Capital, a private investment firm dedicated to transforming the world’s energy infrastructure, today announced the final closing of Sandbrook Climate Infrastructure Fund I at its hard cap of $1.5bn. The firm now manages $2.1bn in limited partner capital, including associated co-investment vehicles.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

NMNLP II closed with $825 million of equity capital commitments, including approximately $725 million of third-party Limited Partner commitments and approximately $100 million from the General Partner. With an initial fundraising goal of $750 million, the completed capital raise substantially exceeded the target. billion rupees.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The market for secondary sales of private equity (PE) stakes is experiencing unprecedented activity this year as investors look to exit ageing assets due to a cash crunch and a slowdown in dealmaking, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2023

clean energy developer, today announced that it has raised a $1.2bn capital package to support the expansion of its large-scale renewable energy portfolio comprising utility-scale transmission and storage, onshore wind and solar generation, and offshore wind. Read more MBK Partners Launches Tender Offer for Stake in Hankook &Co.,

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

LGT Capital Partners has completed the final close of Crown Secondaries Special Opportunities III at $3bn, exceeding the original target size of $2.5bn. The firm’s fund provides liquidity solutions for private equity-owned companies. LGT Capital Partners has completed 87 investments since 2015.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and. read more Dutch Pension Fund Divests $3B from Fossil Fuel Firms Dutch pension fund PFZW has completed a $3.02 billion) divestment of stakes in. Read more Ares Raises $1.7 has raised A$2.6

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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. Brookfield spun off its asset management business last year, but it maintains a 73% ownership stake in it. The outlook for the business looks strong.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

LA-based private equity firm OpenGate Capital has partnered with Ownership Works, a nonprofit founded by KKR’s Co-Head of Global Private Equity Pete Stavros that is aiming to generate at least $20bn of wealth for employees over the next decade.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD 260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. Last month, ART opened an office in London, joining AustralianSuper and Aware Super’s expansion into the UK.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

The initiative comes as private equity firms are increasingly looking to source capital from outside of their traditional institutional-investor base of pension funds and endowments. Blackstone and KKR & Co are also reportedly establishing units to focus on ultra wealthy private investors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

clean energy developer, today announced that it has raised a $1.2bn capital package to support the expansion of its large-scale renewable energy portfolio comprising utility-scale transmission and storage, onshore wind and solar generation, and offshore wind. energyRe, an independent U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 4, 2023

NextEnergy Capital (NEC), a global solar specialist in the renewables sector, has held the first close of its fifth investment vehicle NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG), which is targeting capital commitments of $1.5 Investors in NPV ESG include KLP, a German occupational pension fund, and a large Nordic pension fund.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 16, 2024

Derek Decloet and Christine Dobby of Bloomberg report Canada taps ex-BOC governor to examine how pension funds invest: Canada’s finance minister has asked former central bank governor Stephen Poloz to examine ways to entice its pension funds to invest more in the country.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Apollo has reportedly contacted other domestic pension funds and cooperative associations alongside KIC. Read more CVC Capital mulls selling stake worth $345m in Indian healthcare firm Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is considering selling a 60.4% stake in Indian cancer.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2023

But both Wall Street and venture capitalism are losing patience waiting to see which start-up or Mid Tech firm will start reaping big profits and wiggle its way to the adult table. Meanwhile, large institutional investors like pension funds and university endowments are much stingier in light of economic uncertainty.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Ultra-rich individuals and families worth more than $150bn are helping drive a resurgence in private equity buyouts, providing capital for some of the year’s biggest acquisitions to overcome a tough dealmaking environment. They’ve made a mark on Wall Street as go-to sources of capital for investment firms like KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Ardian raises over $20bn for secondaries fund the Paris-based PE firm has set a target for the fund of $25bn French group Ardian has amassed more than $20bn to buy stakes in private equity funds from investors, highlighting a corner of finance that is defying the broader slump in fundraising.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Most major players have yet to put focus on capital deployment in the mid-market infrastructure space in Asia. The Asia-managed fund says it has already deployed half the money raised in three platforms. is said to be nearing a deal to buy a stake in Cotiviti Inc. Europe deals generally.”

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ahead of the Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit, Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability at Stafford Capital Partners, talks to us about her vision of sustainability within the firm and the broader industry, trends to look out for this year and why GP outreach is key to net zero alignment.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 7, 2023

It comprises 17 African shareholders—including sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions, banks, pension funds, asset managers, and retirement agencies—and two international Institutional Investors. The collaboration brings together a diverse group of influential stakeholders from Africa and outside the region.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

DigitalBridge Group, a leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure, and AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest pension fund, has announced AustralianSuper is investing €1.5 billion to acquire a significant minority stake in Vantage Data Centers EMEA, a DigitalBridge-sponsored company.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 9, 2023

This is especially true of the asset management industry because of the enormous resources that individual investors and institutional investors such as pension funds and insurers have at stake. trillion as of March 31, which supports its lofty $103 billion market capitalization.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Freschia Gonzales of Benefits and Pensions Monitor reports CDPQ and Chinook launch platform to invest in Pacific Northwest forestland: CDPQ and Chinook Forest Partners have launched a new investment platform to build a diversified portfolio of forestland in the Pacific Northwest, US.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Meanwhile, private equity giant EIG would acquire its integrated gas business, including its stake in the Australian liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) export facility APLNG. The company couldn't convince Origin's largest investor, pension fund AustralianSuper (which owns a 17% stake in Origin), to vote in favor of the deal.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

We are thrilled to be entering into this partnership, on behalf of our pension fund client ABP and Asset Owner Partners, and we are eager to work closely with the euNetworks team as they continue to develop and further their strategic vision.” agreed to buy a Permian Basin rival and a controlling stake in.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

British banknote printer De La Rue is in discussions with private equity firm Disruptive Capital GP and pension fund manager Pension SuperFund Capital, collectively known as PSFC Entities to sell up to 40% of its equity, according to a report by Reuters. The potential offer price of 1.25

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 29, 2024

Pine Gate Renewables just announced a $650 million total investment from Generate Capital, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and HESTA: ASHEVILLE, N.C.--( 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.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 8, 2024

Josephine Cumbo of the Financial Times reports pension fund slashes value of its Thames Water stake by almost two-thirds: One of the biggest investors in Thames Water has slashed the value of its stake by nearly two-thirds, intensifying doubts over the financial health of the UK’s largest water distributor.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

Back in 2004, I was working for the General Motors pension fund, which had been making limited partnership investments in venture capital since the early 1980’s. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 10, 2024

Lauren Sforza of The Hill reports major pension fund will vote against Elon Musk pay package: The chief of a major pension fund said Monday he will vote against Elon Musk’s pay package later this week. The fund, called the Government Pension Fund Global, which has a.98% 98% stake in Tesla worth $7.72

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The federal government pledged in its fall economic statement on Tuesday to “work collaboratively” with Canadian pension funds to create an environment that encourages them to put more of the trillions of dollars of assets they collectively manage to work domestically. That has put pension fund managers on guard.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Canada's large pension funds are globally known investors, managing more than $1 trillion of savings, but their exposure to domestic equities has steadily declined over the past decade since Canadian equity markets represent just 3% of the global equity market. All other pension funds did not respond to Reuters request for comments.

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