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Transcript: Michael Fisch

The Big Picture

And I got to see firsthand what Bain was doing in strategic consulting and understand their view of business separate from the numbers. There is a consulting firm which did a study a few years ago that 25% of the CEOs are gone at closing in most really the average private equity transaction. million at the final closing.

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CDPQ's Head of PE on Vintage Year Diversification and Managing Liquidity

Pension Pulse

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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How CDPQ Used the Secondaries Market to Address Overallocation

Pension Pulse

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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CDPQ Posts 7.2% Return in 2023

Pension Pulse

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." The private equity portfolio was affected by interest rate hikes as well as by an increase in financing costs, which affected certain private companies.

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CDPQ's Head of Liquid Markets Discusses Mid-Year Results

Pension Pulse

“The renewable energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors, to which (the Caisse) has been exposed for many years, are significant vectors of performance,” the pension fund said. In the first half of 2023, higher financing costs hurt the Caisse’s private-equity portfolio, which posted a return of 1.4 per cent. “In

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APG and Ivanhoé Cambridge Back Scape's $658M Student Housing JV in Australia

Pension Pulse

Big pension funds invest in big student housing programs because they're recession-proof businesses that add defensive cashflows to their portfolio. That's obviously important, but there's a defensive component to purpose-built student accommodation that pension funds very attractive. What about Canada?

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This Week in Pensions & Investments: 20-10-2023

Pension Pulse

The statement, sent exclusively to the National Post , marks the first time Poilievre has explicitly addressed the issue of Alberta’s proposal to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and set up its own pension fund. My take: This is a great deal for BCI and Searchlight, a private equity firm BCI seeded.