Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. 31, according to Bloomberg calculations. Invested JPY 11.5

Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Mergers and Acquisitions Investing Stakes Buyout 59

Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2024

Pretty harsh and I painstakingly tried to explain to my friend that the goal of CPP Investments isn't to try to match its Reference Portfolio or beat it and that it's true that no pension fund (not just CPP Investments) or fund manager has consistently beaten the S&P 500 over the last 20 years, that doesn't mean active managers are "useless".

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Gillian Tan, Swetha Gopinath and Layan Odeh of Bloomberg report OMERS to stop making direct private equity investments in Europe: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will stop making direct private equity investments in Europe as the pension fund overhauls its operations there, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Buyout Pension Funds Investing Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.

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Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout Pension Funds 52

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is for this reason that Canadian pension giant BCI finds itself in a rather enviable position. Under the leadership of global head of private equity Jim Pittman, the C$233 billion ($172.8 It’s hard to buy because debt is expensive and lower quantum so it makes the LBO model much tighter. billion; €158.2

Pension Funds 40

Pension Funds Assets Debt Private Equity Firms 40