Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The fund is 33% larger than its predecessor, reflecting strong investor demand for energy transition investments. Brookfield Asset Management is targeting at least $7bn for its fourth infrastructure debt fund, expanding one of the largest strategies in the sector. Read more here. Read more here. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

Sources familiar with the matter indicate that Brookfield has advanced past rival infrastructure funds and strategic buyers following the submission of final offers last week. Canadian pension fund Caisse de Dpt et Placement du Qubec (CDPQ), oil major Shell Plc, infrastructure investor IFM Investors, and Koch Industries.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Alchemy Partners closed its latest fund, Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund V, securing 1bn in capital commitments and surpassing its initial fundraising target. The fund focuses on European mid-market corporate special situations and has already deployed approximately 20% of its capital across nine investments in four countries.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Insight Partners, a leading global software investor, raised $12.5bn for its latest fund, Insight Partners XII. The fund, one of the largest in the firms history, will focus on high-growth software and technology companies across multiple sectors. Source: PR Newswire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Colbeck Capital Management closed its $700m Strategic Lending Fund, designed to provide customised financing solutions for middle-market businesses in North America. The fund aims to address the unique needs of companies undergoing transitions or managing complex situations.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

It highlights the growing demand for liquidity solutions among institutional investors. The capital was secured from a broad range of global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund, is shifting money into equities on the expectation that artificial intelligence will fuel further gains in tech stocks. The A$335 billion ($223 billion) fund has started the new financial year 3% overweight in stocks. for the financial year. for its high growth option.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 30, 2025

Blue Sage Capital closed its fourth private equity fund, Blue Sage Capital IV, at $618m, exceeding its $400m target and $550m hard cap. The Texas-based firm, known for investing in lower middle-market companies, raised more than twice the amount of its $300m predecessor fund. Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Enlightenment Capital, a private equity firm specialising in Aerospace, Defence, Government, and Technology (ADG&T), has held the final close of its fifth investment fund, which was oversubscribed, with $825m in capital commitments. The capital raised marks a 50% increase from its previous fund.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has launched its third fund under the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) regime with the creation of the Aviva Investors Multi-Sector Private Debt LTAF (MSPD LTAF).

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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. This shift partly reflects a rebalancing of power, enabling LPs in private equity funds, such as pension funds to exert influence over GPs.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dutch pension fund PFZW has completed a $3.02 The pension fund said in a statement that the companies have a “compelling climate transition strategy” and are “convincingly committed to switching from fossil fuel to low carbon energy sources”. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 13, 2023

AP Pension has invested in a Morgan Stanley fund that aims to reduce carbon emissions by 1GT ahead of 2050. Danish pension fund AP Pension has invested in the Morgan Stanley 1 Gigaton fund, which aims to remove one gigaton of CO2-equivalent emissions from the Earth’s atmosphere by 2050.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Private investment house Ardian has raised a record 3.2bn for its sixth-generation Expansion Fund, Ardian Expansion Fund VI (AEF VI), which will focus on making equity investments ranging from 50m to 300m, in private mid-sized businesses. Already 33% deployed, the fund has completed eight transactions in category-leading companies.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 17, 2023

Australia’s third-largest pension fund will officially open its first overseas outpost in London in November, a senior company official said, pushing for more private market investments as the sector outgrows the confines of home. The country’s biggest fund, AustralianSuper, recently poached senior executives from J.P.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 28, 2025

ADIAs Executive Director Hamad Shahwan AlDhaheri noted the strategic fit with the sovereign investors growing relationship with AlbaCore. Founded in 2016, London-based AlbaCore manages $9bn in assets on behalf of global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, consultants, family offices, and endowments.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

International hedge funds and private equity firms are increasingly investing in Lloyds of Londons tax-exempt investment vehicle, as the 300-year-old UK institution expands its efforts to attract global investors, according to a report by the Financial Times. This has drawn increasing attention from alternative fund managers.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Nordic Capital has successfully closed its latest fund, Evolution II, at its 2bn hard cap, exceeding its initial target of 1.4bn. The re-up rate is reported to have exceeded 100% by capital, with strong commitments from both existing investors and new entrants.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

AshGrove Capital (AshGrove), an independent pan-European speciality lender, has held the final close of AshGrove Speciality Lending Fund II at its hard cap of €650m, surpassing its original target of €500m. Fund II achieved a 107% re-up rate among existing limited partners as well as securing over €325m in new capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Investcorp has been chosen by Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP), one of Malaysias largest pension funds, to manage a $110m special managed account focused on private equity. This mandate highlights Investcorps growing presence in Asia, where the firm has raised $2.2bn from institutional investors in the past 18 months.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Growth equity firm Valspring Capital has closed its first fund, Valspring Capital Fund I, exceeding its $255m target, with plans to focus on investments in growth-stage companies in the healthcare sector. Monument Group served as the placement agent for the fund, and Ropes & Gray provided legal counsel.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijings tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating economy having left foreign investors capital effectively trapped, according to a report by the Financial Times. Today, the sentiment has shifted.

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Top 1000 Funds

JULY 17, 2024

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) recently reduced the allocation to equity in its $92.5 billion portfolio in what Pedro Guazo, representative of the secretary-general (RSG) for the investment of the UNJSPF assets, describes as a conservative strategic allocation in response to the overvaluation in tech.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Shamrock Capital (Shamrock), an LA-based investment firm specialising in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors, has held the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund VI (Growth VI) and Shamrock Capital Clover Fund I (Clover I), with a combined $1.6bn in capital commitments.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

31, 2023, a pension fund that owns shares of Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Amazon's board of directors, alleging it "acted in bad faith" in declining to hire SpaceX to work on Project Kuiper. And as SpaceNews reported on Aug. A November 2020 expansion on the plans likewise failed to elicit guidelines or oversight from the board.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The fund attracted both new and existing investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, consultants, and multi-family offices. Warren Spector, chairman of Balbec, highlighted the strong investor confidence in the firms approach, investment process, and analytics.

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PE Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

Credit Fund IV's investors include state and county pension funds, corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and insurance companies. The post KSL Capital Partners wraps up fourth credit fund at $1.26bn appeared first on PE Hub.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Private credit’s edge over buyout funds has been evident in seven of the last 10 quarters, partly due to direct lenders’ floating-rate loans, which provide steady interest payments. In the second quarter, private debt saw returns of 2.18%, while buyouts posted 1.47%, according to State Street’s index.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

The fundraise attracted a range of global investors, with more than 465 investors in total from 44 countries across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. The LP base includes major pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, and high-net worth individuals.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Alternative investment giant Blackstone has opened its retail private credit fund ECRED to retail investors in France as part of an exclusive partnership with BNP Paribas’ wealth management and Cardif companies. Now, Europe beckons, with an estimated $50tn cash pile held by the continent’s affluent investors. has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The report cites unnamed individuals familiar with the situation as revealing that the pension fund, which oversees state pensions and other assets, aims to reduce its exposure to higher-yielding opportunistic credit strategies and shift focus towards more stable, mainstream direct lending.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Firms have adapted fundraising efforts – by raising capital from new regions and investor types. Flexible fund structures are on the rise, to accommodate a range of currencies and liquidity ratios. We recognise that each class of investor has its own challenges, and need to discuss these with their peers in a closed-door setting.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 1, 2025

Alternative AUM will keep rising Investors have steadily increased their allocations to alternative investments over the years because they can lower volatility, enhance returns, and provide broader portfolio diversification. One factor expected to drive growth in alternatives is a growing allocation to these investments by wealthy investors.

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Private Equity Professional

APRIL 11, 2024

Technology investor Lone View Capital has closed its inaugural fund, Lone View Capital Fund I LP, with $850 million of capital. Limited partners in Fund I include university endowments, sovereign wealth funds, charitable foundations, pension funds, asset managers, insurance companies and family offices.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

A $30 billion fund launched by the United Arab Emirates with the declared goal of funneling billions of dollars into climate finance is readying its next round of investments. Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has called Alterra a “wonderful template” for others to copy. Alterra, which struck deals worth $6.5 billion with BlackRock Inc.,

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

ET this afternoon after Barron's reported that the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS, the second-largest pension fund in the U.S.) For a $320 billion retirement fund like CalSTRS, it may be worthwhile placing several small bets on troubled automakers in hopes one of them will take off.

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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. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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