Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The funds will focus on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments in middle market companies across Shamrock’s target sectors, seeking to capture Shamrock’s proprietary middle-market deal flow, thematic approach, and expertise, and value creation capabilities by utilising the same strategy Shamrock has implemented since 2001.

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Blue Sage raised Fund IV without a placement agent and limited the fund’s size to maintain its focus on lower-middle market investments, despite strong limited partner interest generated within just a few months of fundraising. Kirkland & Ellis provided legal services to Blue Sage on the Fund IV fundraise.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Kohlberg & Company (Kohlberg), a private equity firm specialising in middle market investing, has held the final closing of its 10th private equity fund, Kohlberg Investors X (Fund X), with $4.3bn in capital commitments. Kohlberg has also raised an additional $1.0bn in commitments for dedicated co-investment vehicles.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

Imagine telling someone in 2009, when Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was trading for just a few pennies, that one day, one of the most prolific companies on Wall Street would be buying the cryptocurrency. The company's total allocation is spread across several of these ETFs, featuring a $238 million stake in BlackRock 's iShares Bitcoin Trust.

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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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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. Gibson Dunn served as legal advisor to Investcorp.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The company will continue to operate under the Everbridge name and brand. Qatalyst Partners is serving as financial advisor and Cooley is serving as legal counsel to Everbridge. Kirkland & Ellis is serving as legal counsel to Thoma Bravo. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

New and returning investors in Fund VI include private and public pensions, family offices, insurance companies and asset managers. Target platform companies are typically between $10m and $50m in operating profit. UBS Securities and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) acted as joint placement agents for Fund VI.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

The proposed reform, labelled the billionaires bill, which has reignited long-standing debates following Elon Musks high-profile legal battles, aims to recalibrate shareholder litigation standards potentially making it more difficult for investors to challenge corporate executives in court.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Founded in 1981, Harvest has over 40-years of history of investing in North American middle-market companies. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP served as legal counsel for HP IX. Source: PrivateEquityWire Can’t stop reading?

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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 Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up The IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund will primarily focus on acquiring, developing, and financing healthcare assets in markets with high barriers to entry and limited supply.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Fund IV closed with commitments of $825 million from limited partners and the US Small Business Administration and $50 million from the general partner. Fund IV limited partners include university endowments, foundations, pension funds, insurance companies, banks, family offices, and industry executives from the U.S.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Indian company emphasized that he was appointed by the Caisse, its controlling shareholder. While an internal investigation was in full swing in the summer of 2022 into potential embezzlement at Azure, Rosling and Cabanes “took steps to hide information about the bribes from executives at Azure and the company.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The third fund family, Freya, has a more than 20-year track record and is currently investing out of its Freya XI fund with a highly differentiated, versatile mandate of investing in both direct portfolios and single companies.

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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 Wire

JULY 9, 2024

The fund attracted strong support from existing OIC investors who accounted for over 80% of the capital raised, while also adding new investors from Europe and North America. LPs include insurance companies, pension funds, foundations and family offices.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Clearhaven Partners (Clearhaven), a Boston-based software private equity firm focused on investments in the technology sector, has closed its sophomore fund, Clearhaven Fund II, with more than $580m of capital commitments, above target and at its hard cap. closed Fund II approximately two years after the closing of its debut fund.

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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. Aviditi Advisors acted as private placement advisor and placement agent for Fund VII.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

. “We have never been more excited about the current market opportunity in the healthcare services sector, and we look forward to investing our new capital into compelling risk-reward investments while supporting our portfolio companies in their next stages of growth.” Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since its inception in 2013, Turnspire has invested over $180m in control investments across nine platform companies. With Fund II, Turnspire will continue targeting businesses with revenues between $50m and $400m. Chapman and Cutler LLP acted as legal counsel to Fund II and InRider Partners LLC provided investor relations services.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Lone View Capital, an LA-based private equity firm investing in the technology sector, has held final close of its inaugural fund, Lone View Capital Fund I with total committed capital of $850m, bringing the firm’s AUM to approximately $1.1bn. Kirkland & Ellis served as legal counsel for Fund I.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

euNetworks Group Holdings Limited (“euNetworks”), a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company, today announced that it has closed on a €2.1 The company owns and operates deep fibre networks in 18 cities, as well as a highly differentiated long haul network that spans 45,000 route kilometres across 17 countries.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 10, 2025

BCI announced today a significant minority equity stake in Broadstreet Partners: On April 10, 2025, BroadStreet Partners (the Company) announced that BCI, Ethos Capital, and White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. will acquire a co-control ownership position in the Company, alongside current investor, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

euNetworks Group Holdings Limited (“euNetworks”), a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company, today announced that it has closed on a €2.1 The company owns and operates deep fibre networks in 18 cities, as well as a highly differentiated long haul network that spans 45,000 route kilometres across 17 countries.

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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 Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally. Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally. ” Mr. .

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2023

WPGG 14 is the largest-ever fundraise in the firm’s 57-year history, exceeding the previous global flagship fund, Warburg Pincus Global Growth, which closed on $15bn in 2018. Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor for WPGG 14. Source: CISION PR Newswire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Verdane will continue to partner with European growth companies, investing thematically in digitalisation and decarbonisation. This fundraise allows Verdane to continue addressing the growth funding gap in Europe. Verdane has invested in more than 300 companies to date, including notable successes such as Forsta, Momox and Nomentia.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Other companies, like Airbnb have more complex impacts. Often times, VCs have rushed to fund models without thinking much about the impact their companies make. Take "on demand" economy companies, for example. Only, we know that's not the case. This is almost universally seen as a good thing. it mentioned.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 4, 2025

The Canadian Press reports Welltower buying Amica from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan for $4.6 company Welltower Inc. has signed a deal to buy Amica Senior Lifestyles from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan for $4.6 Ontario Teachers first invested in Amica in 2010 and took the company private in a deal with management in 2015.

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Tucker Advisors

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Are Insurance Companies Safe? But just how solvent and safe are insurance companies? Shortly after The Great Recession began unraveling in 2008, many people feared insurance companies would suffer the same fate as investment banks like Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, Wachovia and Washington Mutual.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

I would say something like, "You should see the number of complicated disclosures I had to had to pay a lawyer tens of thousands of dollars to put into my fund's legal docs," that is, if I could say anything about the fundraising status of any fund that I might have at all. Jersey Shore Ventures anyone?). I certainly would!

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 5, 2023

Amir Barnea, associate professor of finance at HEC Montréal, wrote a comment for the Toronto Star asking if Canada is cracking down on taxes, why does our national pension plan pay less than two per cent?: When it comes to performance, Canada’s national pension fund rightfully boasts impressive results. per cent. “My

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Pension Pulse

JULY 8, 2024

ESG News reports group of Canadian pension fund giants urge CSSB to reconsider sustainability reporting exemptions: Canadian pension funds challenge CSSB’s proposed exemptions, advocating for global standards. Pension funds warn that exemptions could undermine global alignment and investor confidence.

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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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