Private Equity Professional

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Middle-market investor Kohlberg & Company has completed the final closing of its 10th private equity fund, Kohlberg Investors X LP (Fund X), securing $4.3 Additionally, the firm raised $1 billion in commitments for co-investment vehicles dedicated to investing alongside Fund X. billion in commitments.

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 21, 2024

Equity and debt investor Comvest Partners has closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI LP, with total capital commitments of $881 million. Fund VI received commitments from a range of limited partners including foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, consultants and family offices.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Commitments for Shore’s three new funds came from the firm’s existing investors and select new limited partners, which include university endowments, financial institutions, pension funds, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family offices.

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Private Equity Professional

MAY 8, 2024

Palm Beach Capital has held an above target close of its sixth private equity fund, Palm Beach Capital Fund VI LP, with more than $350 million of capital exceeding its target of $275 million. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool. The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This article was written in late October and it confirms a trend we have been seeing since last year, namely, Canada's large pension funds are tapping into the secondaries market to get rid of underperforming fund stakes to shore up liquidity and diversify vintage year risk. percent, according to information from PSP.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Despite conservative disdain for environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives -- or "woke" capitalism, as they call it -- one research project found climate change remains a chief concern when asset managers choose not to invest in portfolio companies, the Financial Time s reported.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

SICAF Retail Davide Resta Consulting Argos Wityu Italian office Wise Equity United Ventures SGR S.p.A Equita Kairos Partners SGR SpA Finance for Food NORD Holding UBG mbH IBLA CAPITAL Investment Company Progressio SGR DLVENTURES Indaco Venture Partners SGR Vitale Dualcore S.R.L. Castik Capital Partners GmbH Inovo.vc

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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. Still, I will wait to read the final report to see what Mr. Poirier has to say.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

The fund and associated vehicles surpassed the €500m target, was supported by new and existing global institutional investors consisting of pension funds, insurance companies, large institutional single and multi-family offices and private banks from Europe, North America and APAC.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 16, 2024

The fund drew support from institutional investors in North America, EMEA and France, including the European Investment Fund, which made a cornerstone commitment of €75m at first closing in November 2022, as well as large consultants, asset managers, banks, pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign and fund of funds.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 18, 2024

The Fund attracted capital commitments from a global base of institutional investors, consisting of pension funds, insurance companies, large institutional single and multi-family offices and private banks from across Europe, North America and APAC. Source: Kommunikasjon Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Texas-based private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners has closed its latest fund, Trinity Hunt Partners VII, (Fund VII) at its hard cap of $700m in capital commitments, which was oversubscribed and had fundraising completed in under five months.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Middle-market private equity and credit investment firm Comvest Partners has closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI (CIP VI), with total capital commitments of $881m. CIP VI attracted commitments from foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, consultants and family offices.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Fund IV received strong support from both existing and new investors comprising a broad range of leading global institutions, including public and private pension funds, consultants, foundations, endowments, and family offices. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal counsel to the Fund and Rubicon.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In partnership with global management consultancy Arthur D Little, Invest Europe has also released its annual sentiment survey. A total of 3,524 companies received backing in the first half, a more moderate 26% decline from last year, reflecting smaller average investment sizes across buyouts, growth, and venture capital.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X. Importantly, this isn't a handout and other Canadian pension funds have signed similar deals with indigenous people of Canada. The company is regulated by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO).

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The fund will continue Kreos’ investment strategy of providing loans to high-growth companies across EMEA, with a particular focus on the Technology and Healthcare sectors. Consistent with prior funds, Kreos VII will target investments in companies at every stage of their growth life cycle and can make investments from €2m up to €100m.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 6, 2024

and its associated parallel funds with total commitments of $765.2m. Investors in Fund V include domestic and international pension funds, international banking conglomerates, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, consultants, and family offices.

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FinSMEs

MAY 6, 2024

Palm Beach Capital (PBC), a West Palm Beach, Fl-based middle market private equity firm, closed its sixth fund, at over $350M, surpassing its target of $275M. The fund will continue […] The post Palm Beach Capital Closes Its Sixth Fund, at Over $350M appeared first on FinSMEs.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Charlie is a nice guy, but his company failed.". He hasn't founded or built either a successful, let alone innovative company, and he hasn't raised $ to invest in those entrepreneurs. If* you believe that a good venture capitalist should have launched their own company and exited, then I simply don't have that track record.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Trinity Hunt Partners, a Dallas, TX-based private equity firm, closed its Fund VII, at $700M. Its diverse investor base included insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, foundations, consultants, funds of funds, and family offices.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 19, 2024

Comvest Partners, a West Palm Beach, FL-based middle-market private equity and credit investment firm, closed its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI, at $881M.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 23, 2024

But what’s even more relevant, he says, is that with $88 billion now invested in a province with a GDP of nearly $500 billion, “the Caisse is the pension fund that is the most invested, in the world, in its local economy.” More than ever, Canada’s largest pension funds are being pressed to play the same role in the rest of the country.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 18, 2024

Wiseman and Ambachtsheer were on a panel alongside inaugural Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO Claude and CPP Investments current CEO John Graham, speaking about the origins and much-revered tenets of the Canadian system that are admired by pension funds around the world. And we were an incredibly entrepreneurial organisation.”

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That's more than half of the fund's estimated total net assets. The third-party report, compiled by consultant LifeWorks, attributes the figure to Alberta's high employment rates, young population, and higher pensionable earnings, which it claims has meant the province has sent billions more into the CPP compared to what it has received.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Earlier today, CDPQ issued a press release stating it has acquired an 80% stake in a solar plant in Japan: CDPQ, a global investment group, today announced it has acquired an 80% stake in a solar power generation plant in Japan, alongside its portfolio company Shizen Energy Inc. Shizen Energy).

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

Moving into 2023, he set a goal of reducing the pension’s PE allocation to 18 percent within three years, primarily by selling companies and exiting fund stakes via the secondaries market. These professionals had been trained to spot top private companies and PE funds, rather than to sell their investments.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 21, 2020

” A management rights letter is a short agreement between a company and an investor to allow them certain “management rights.” While it is nice to have these “rights”, the need for this letter actually has very little to do with how venture capital firms want to work with a portfolio company.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 10, 2024

57% of its actively managed public companies count at least 30% women on their Boards, an increase of more than 39% in three years, and 30% of its nominee directors are women, thereby meeting the target it set. Holding 308 discussions to raise awareness on ESG factors among 129 of its portfolio companies and 81 of its external managers.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 2, 2024

Moving into 2023, he set a goal of reducing the pension’s PE allocation to 18 percent within three years, primarily by selling companies and exiting fund stakes via the secondaries market. These professionals had been trained to spot top private companies and PE funds, rather than to sell their investments.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2023

We don't necessarily need to invent a new industry to make an impact," said founder Occo Roelofsen, a former McKinsey consultant, who owns the remainder of Power2X alongside other senior executives. European industry is already using enormous amounts of hydrogen. The initial focus is actually on replacing the grey with the green."

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Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2023

Business Wire reports that Norway's sovereign fund tops global transparency ranking: TORONTO — Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Government Pension Fund Global, has topped the list of the most transparent funds according to the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark’s 2023 findings.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Advocacy groups have accused the private fund industry of unfair, conflicted and opaque practices that hurt everyday Americans who invest in such funds through their pensions. It's not as if some state pension fund benefits from opacity," SEC Chair Gary Gensler told reporters after the panel's vote.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

Having built a team of more than 700 staff, including in-house development, design and operations teams, the company promotes its ability to invest in systems, technology, and security which provide an institutional grade living setting for its tenants and reliable returns for investors. What about Canada?

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

tech companies have dominated the performance of the main stock indexes, creating a phenomenon of historically concentrated gains," CDPQ said in the release. CDPQ's own public equities portfolio saw its performance "driven by growth stocks, as well as by large positions in Quebec companies, which performed well." and down 0.2%

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Pension Pulse

JULY 31, 2024

per cent since 2019 Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the province’s most prominent pension manager, has invested C$600 million with Fiera Capital (TSX:FSZ) , a leading Quebec asset management firm. The investments is part of CDPQ mission/ambition to increase the funds entrusted to Québec asset managers to $8 billion by 2028.

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