Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Panossian ] 00:08:19 The liabilities, obviously the hedge funds had redemptions. Now they’re suffering from high rates because they have floating rate liabilities that they never hedged. There were so much for selling from the, something called SIVs, the special investment vehicles, right. That had mismatched assets.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt Banks 52

The Big Picture

JANUARY 7, 2025

I was in my early thirties, I didn’t have a mortgage, I didn’t have kids, I had very few liabilities. But also it helped private equity do deals, right? Leverage buyouts requires leverage. And when rates were so low, the leverage went, it was cheap and, and and easily accessible.

Capital 52

Capital Hedge Funds Buyout Funds 52