Private Equity Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

US institutional investors are offloading their private equity holdings at slashed prices, reflecting a broader trend of reducing exposure to the illiquid asset class, with pension funds and endowments leading the charge, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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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. Like its earlier funds, Fund VI will… This content is for members only.

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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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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The three new funds exceeded their targets and represent over $1.9 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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But the reality behind investing motives is likely more nuanced: Research compiled by a collection of non-governmental organizations looked at 150 pension funds, banks, and insurance groups around the world and listed 4,500 companies that were excluded from many portfolios.

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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 www.griffincap.com/casestudies/energy/ RCL Partners Swiss Re Quilam Capital Pragma Wealth Management Growth Strategy Ventures Sterling Ellis Global Consultancy Ltd Lookahead Ltd Alpha Real Capital Hermes GPE Private Markets Alpha Ltd.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

NorthWall Capital, a credit investment firm delivering private capital solutions to counterparties in Western Europe, has held the final close of its flagship NorthWall European Opportunities Fund II and associated vehicles, with more than €640m in investor 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. percent, according to information from PSP.

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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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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 18, 2024

NorthWall Capital (“NorthWall”), a leading credit investment firm delivering private capital solutions to counterparties in Western Europe, today announces the final close of its flagship NorthWall European Opportunities Fund II and associated vehicles (“NWEOF II” or “the Fund”), attracting more than €640m in investor commitments.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Eurazeo has held the final close of its maiden infrastructure programme, which comprises the Eurazeo Transition Infrastructure Fund and a co-investment vehicle, at €706m in aggregate commitments, exceeding the original €500m target. ETIF invests in transition assets across the energy, digital, clean transport and environmental sectors.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Despite a decline in both private equity infrastructure dealmaking and fundraising in 2023, limited partners (LPs) are planning to increase their commitments to the asset class, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group. Deals declined by 18% last year, while global fundraising fell by 50% from a high of $176bn in 2022 to $89bn.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This represents a 34% increase in size from its predecessor fund, Rubicon Technology Partners III, which closed in 2020. We are very pleased to have received such strong support from our existing investors and are excited to welcome our new limited partners,” said the Rubicon partners.

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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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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Data from the first half of the year from Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, shows a drop in activity amid challenging economic and market conditions.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In addition to easing access to funding and contributing to the success of projects, the MCK and CDPQ will seek to position communities at the heart of project development by promoting their long-term participation. For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X.

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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.

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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

Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. I hang my hat on these mitigating factors that I think make up for a relatively new investor's lack of exits, launches, etc: 1) Have an investment philosophy. 5 Be a student of the game.

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FinSMEs

JANUARY 19, 2024

Vidia Equity, a Munich, Germany-based thematic investor in industrial decarbonization climate solutions, closed Vidia Climate Fund I, at €415m.

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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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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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Pension Pulse

JUNE 18, 2024

Simon Hoyle of Top1000funds reports pioneers of the Canadian model say its principles are under siege: A founding principle of the Canadian pension system is under attack. trillion Canadian pension industry have warned the founding principles that have made Canadian funds exemplars around the world are under attack.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We work with a large number of pension plans and other institutional investors who would be keen to participate in infrastructure development in the province.” Somebody has to make this worth the investors’ while and is that going to be taxpayers? I hope not. Is it going to be users? I’d be more comfortable with that, frankly.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Emmanuel Jaclot, CDPQ’s Executive Vice-President and Head of Infrastructure, said: “Japan plays a decisive role in the decarbonization of Asia and, as an experienced investor in renewable energy, we are delighted to join forces with our portfolio company Shizen Energy for this first joint investment in a solar plant.

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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.” The existence of these letters has everything to do with where the venture capital firms get their funds from.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

Hannah Zhang of Secondaries Investors reports on how CDPQ used the secondaries market to address overallocation: For Canadian pension giant Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec , the secondaries market has played an indispensable role in rebalancing its private equity portfolio. CDPQ generated C$9 billion ($6.5

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Major funds including Aware Super and Hostplus were investors. But in a partial victory for fund groups which opposed the rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission did not proceed with proposals that would have expanded funds' legal liability and outright banned arrangements that allow some investors special terms.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 2, 2024

The country’s second-largest pension has been a seasoned private equity investor for almost half a century. Pr ior to that, the system had completed several large offloads of its PE fund portfolios, including a sale of nearly $3 billion to Ardian in early 2022 and a sale of $1.3 percent of its portfolio in 2013 to 20.1

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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

APRIL 9, 2024

We are excited to have high calibre global investors APG and Ivanhoe Cambridge partner with us again in the PBSA sector, for our third develop-to-core JV, following the successful journey we have been on for purpose-built student housing over the past 10 years,” Gaitanos said.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 10, 2024

CDPQ is one of the only investors in the world to have made a commitment to encourage tax best practices at its portfolio companies, including compliance with a minimum tax rate of at least 15%, as recommended by the OECD and supported by the G20. As at December 31, 2023, CDPQ’s net assets totalled CAD 434 billion.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2023

Investor interest in Europe for tackling fossil fuel demand rather than just supply is growing, aided by the EU's green industrial plan , which has pledged subsidies and faster permits to ensure the region keeps pace in the green tech race. European industry is already using enormous amounts of hydrogen.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 6, 2023

in Engineering and Wharton School of Business with an MBA, Pereira’s years of financial services industry experience extends to consulting having been with Boston Consulting Group advising a broad range of clients with a focus on financial institutions and consumer companies. After graduating University of Toronto with a B.Sc.

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