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Apollo and ICG expand into South Korea as private equity gains momentum

Private Equity Insights

The country’s growing pool of pension funds and increasing corporate restructuring activities are drawing the attention of alternative investment firms worldwide. The nation’s mergers and acquisitions market remained robust in 2024, recording $18.6bn in deal value, ranking third in the region. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Firms Show Increasing Interest in $400bn Indian IT Services Industry

Private Equity Insights

This trend is being fueled by a succession of acquisitions spearheaded by private equity firms such as ChrysCapital and Carlyle. ChrysCapital’s acquisition of US-based Xoriant and Carlyle’s acquisition of a 28% stake in Quest Global are two recent deals in the Indian IT services sector.

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CPP Investments Plows Into Private Equity in Fiscal Q3 2025

Pension Pulse

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. gain in the quarter, driven by returns in private equity and credit.

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Robert Poirier to Lead OMERS Governance Review; OPE Acquires Integris

Pension Pulse

He was the long-time chair of the Toronto Port Authority and, earlier in his career, advised a committee of Canada’s Senate on issues that included the creation of major public-sector pension funds such as the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal counsel for OMERS Private Equity.

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Navigating risk in private equity through tailored insurance solutions

Private Equity Wire

This is largely due to the emergence of start-ups backed by Private Equity and Managing General Agents (MGAs), attracting talent from established insurance houses. This influx has increased insurer capacity, especially in the London market, providing Private Equity managers with better options.

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ICYMI: Media Outlets Highlight AIC Study on Private Equity’s Superior Returns for Public Pensions

American Investment Council

This week, the American Investment Council released the latest edition of our Public Pension Study , which found that private equity remains the top-performing asset class for public pension funds and their more than 34 million beneficiaries nationwide. Over the past decade, private equity delivered 15.2

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OMERS to Stop Making Direct Private Equity Investments in Europe

Pension Pulse

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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