Private Equity Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Arctos Partners, known for its investments in high-profile sports teams including Paris Saint-Germain and the Boston Red Sox, is in advanced discussions to acquire a majority stake in private credit firm Hayfin Capital Management.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the proposed financing will tap the leveraged loan market and private credit funds. The first tranche of the financing — a €1.95bn ($2.1bn) leveraged loan — was launched on 19 November and will part fund the spin-out of jobs platform The Stepstone Group.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 1, 2024

pension fund manager sells $1-billion of private equity holdings to French buyout firm Ardian: British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is selling more than US$1-billion of stakes in private equity funds to French buyout firm Ardian SAS, tapping the secondaries market for private assets to free up cash for new investments.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

The report cites unnamed sources as saying that a recent rebound in markets and the firm's closing of a record €26bn buyout fund means the company now considers conditions for a listing to be more favourable, although no final decision has been made and the firm may still choose not to follow through on the plan. Like this article?

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Leveraged Buyouts In contrast, there are leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that involve acquiring established companies with the aim of restructuring or improving their operations to enhance profitability.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Leveraged Buyouts In contrast, there are leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that involve acquiring established companies with the aim of restructuring or improving their operations to enhance profitability.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Funds raised money, bought businesses, loaded them with debt, exited at a profit and convinced happy investors to do it all over again — at ever greater scale. Concerns about PIK loans have also begun to impact the people who provide them, often private credit funds. Surging borrowing costs have stalled that engine.

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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.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 22, 2023

We are a fully funded defined benefit pension plan and have earned an annual total-fund net return of 9.5% And when did Brookfield acquire its controlling stake? This is making the deal easier to complete at a time when high interest rates and market volatility have made debt for leveraged buyouts scarcer and more expensive.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Fund, which includes the combination of the base CPP and additional CPP accounts, achieved a 10-year annualized net return of 9.6%. For the quarter, the Fund’s net return was 0.1%. For the period, the Fund’s net return was negative 0.7%. Received net proceeds of US$581 million from the sales of U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Saudi Arabia overtook the UAE in 2023, accounting for 41 percent of transactions, driven by Vision 2030 and increased sovereign wealth fund activity. While global private equity rebounded in 2024, MENA investors remained cautious, prioritizing strategic growth investments over leveraged buyouts. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that Carlyle is weighing options between securing bank loans or a private credit facility to fund the transaction. The firm is in exclusive negotiations with Livingbridge for a deal valued at approximately AUD1bn, as reported by the Australian Financial Review.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Blackstone is nearing the completion of fundraising for its flagship buyout fund, concluding a prolonged campaign that extended beyond initial timelines and fell short of its original capital-raising ambitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter. Expectations for the funds size also evolved.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 25, 2025

The fund, which oversees around $266.3 Changing investment approach amid market challenges Ontario Teachers shift comes as Canadas largest pension funds, known as the Maple Eight, are reconsidering their investment strategies. These funds collectively manage about $2.3

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

The private credit sector, a $1.5tn industry that includes specialised lenders like Apollo Global Management, Ares Management, and KKR, has long been a popular asset class for institutional investors, including pension funds.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 30, 2023

Its energy transition fund was behind a $12 billion March deal for Australian utility Origin Energy Ltd. “A Brookfield’s ascendance comes as some private equity firms struggle to complete buyouts amid shaky financing markets and rich price demands from sellers.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 10, 2024

They come in, they take a stake in a company. Sometimes it’s a minority stake, sometimes it’s a larger stake, and they help affect this massive change with great results. I ran the venture fund, did all the investing off the balance sheet. And they’re not, again, they’re not just consultants.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. And I actually started out of business school.

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