The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But there wasn’t an active m and a business, there wasn’t a leveraged finance business. But there came to be, in certain situations, buyers that were bootstrap, buyers that were, we would call ’em today, they then leveraged buyout financiers. And, and we wanted to have relatively modest leverage.

Private Equity Firms 69

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 12, 2024

Zvan said that while she was at Ontario Teachers, she oversaw the establishment of three different risk systems, and given the volume of data the fund held, the last one took six years. There are so many more tools that you can leverage today.” And finally, UPP was able to leverage technology as an enabler.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Advocacy groups have accused the private fund industry of unfair, conflicted and opaque practices that hurt everyday Americans who invest in such funds through their pensions. It's not as if some state pension fund benefits from opacity," SEC Chair Gary Gensler told reporters after the panel's vote.

Hedge Funds 64

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. So I’m proud of our role in it.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At C$146 billion, equivalent to a quarter of the entire C$575 billion pension fund for some 21 million Canadians and forecast to grow bigger every year, Kim leads a program that is also heading into unchartered territory. Most were on the fund's private equity team and were informed early last month, according to two of the people.

Portfolios 69

Portfolios Pension Funds Due Diligence Investing 69

Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To meet this challenge, the IMCO is prioritizing a streamlined due-diligence process to assess the viability of a deal presented by a GP. I think it requires time to see whether it’s working, whether you’re on the right path.”

Assets 59

Assets Due Diligence Pension Funds Asset Management 59

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 21, 2024

This investment follows UPP’s initial involvement with Quinbrook’s Net Zero Power Fund. Quinbrook, known for its extensive portfolio of renewable energy projects in the UK, US, and Australia, is leveraging this new investment to enhance Rowan’s capacity to deliver critical infrastructure solutions.

Investing 59

Investing Assets Due Diligence Funds 59

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So it used to be within private markets that you would find a good business, apply quite a bit of leverage to it, at least in the private equity business, and be able to make a pretty good return by buying good solid businesses as they are. Leverage levels have come down materially. LAYTON: Leverage levels have changed.

Assets 59

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 15, 2025

If you think about it, you’re competing with all of those very well-resourced institutions, endowments, foundations, pension funds, that have people, well-compensated people, that are out looking for these funds. Barry Ritholtz : How do investors go about doing some due diligence on the funds they’re interested in?

Hedge Funds 59

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The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

There were financial experiments where the borrower hadn’t been through due diligence. So we, we do business with most of the sovereign wealth funds, most of the big US national insurers, global insurers, the largest pension funds. The LTV was very high. The underlying risk of the home market was very high.

Hedge Funds 59

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Committed US$150 million to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VIII, which will primarily target value-oriented, control investments in the North American industrials sector. Leveraging these investment advantages are some of the strategies IMCO uses to enhance returns on behalf of our clients. Read his full comment here.

Investing 59

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Somehow no one in due diligence ever asked them about any of this. And not being able to tell them or show them makes it harder for them to do due diligence to understand how it may have behaved. This is implicitly leverage. Leverage is a tool that accentuates both the good and the bad.

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