Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is just one of the numerous pension fund and major ILS investors we track in our directories here. First, read my comment covering HOOPP's 2022 results where the plan remains fully funded despite losing 8.6%

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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

00:05:21 [Speaker Changed] No income taxes for the company and, and 00:05:23 [Speaker Changed] Then Koch Industries, I I, I don’t think a lot of people realize one of the largest private companies in the United States and maybe even the largest, they’re, they’re giant energy powerhouse. Oh, really?

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 7, 2023

They’re talking about asset management firms, in which public pension funds often have investments, supporting shareholder proposals meant to achieve social justice or climate objectives yet of dubious financial value. Nor is it supported by the empirical evidence.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

MORGENSON: Could be banks, could be Wall Street, could be private debt folks, but it’s — RITHOLTZ: This is very often securitized and sold off into the market as well? MORGENSON: It can be collateralized loan obligations, now it’s big private debt. But so you had these dividend recaps.

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