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 Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Since then, it has funded bolt-on acquisitions including Wellframe and Altruista Health to expand the business. Minority investors including Coatue Management are also set to sell their stakes in the deal. Blackstone acquired HealthEdge in 2020 for $700m at the height of pandemic-driven investment in healthcare. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dutch pension fund PFZW has completed a $3.02 billion) divestment of stakes in fossil fuel companies, leaving only seven oil and gas firms in its portfolio. The pension fund is targeting 50 percent absolute carbon reduction by 2030 for equities, liquid credit and real estate, she noted. billion (EUR 2.8 Raízen S.A.,

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The difficulties in exiting investments have made some institutional investors, including pension funds, more cautious about allocating capital to the region. As a result, buyout groups have sought alternative exit routes, such as selling stakes to domestic or multinational firms or other private equity groups.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The firm is looking to extend its role beyond investing client capital to managing funds for private equity and alternative asset managers, according to Chief Financial Officer Martin Small. The firm aims to offer a comprehensive suite of services, including direct lending, fund financing, and GP-led secondary transactions.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 23, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. Other leading funds in Australia’s rapidly expanding AUD3.7tn pension industry are also showing an increased interest in private credit.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

The LP base includes major pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, and high-net worth individuals. 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.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by luxury French fashion house LVMH, is looking to sell its stake in Saudi Arabian gourmet food producer and restaurant chain Bateel, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Buyout firm EQT AB is teaming up with Germany’s richest man to acquire a 35% stake in German bus and train operator Flix SE. The private equity firm is investing through EQT Future, an impact-driven fund with a longer holding period. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Chris Witkowsky of Buyouts reports Canadian giant PSP Investments shops $1 billion-plus portfolio: PSP investments is shopping a large portfolio of fund stakes that could total up to around $1.5 billion, according to sources and confirmed by the pension system in a statement to Buyouts.

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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 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 Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and. read more Dutch Pension Fund Divests $3B from Fossil Fuel Firms Dutch pension fund PFZW has completed a $3.02 billion) divestment of stakes in. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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Africa Capital Digest

APRIL 6, 2025

The post South African Pension Fund Takes $40M Stake in Africa50 first appeared on Africa Capital Digest. To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. Current members login here) [.]

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

Just a year ago, such an allocation likely wouldn't have appeared on such filings, but with the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January, the doors have been effectively opened for institutions like Goldman Sachs to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

I Squared Capital is considering selling a minority stake in Think Gas Distribution Pvt. The private equity firm is working with an adviser to sell as much as a 30% stake in Think Gas, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Canadian pension fund agrees to buy holding from Caledonia Investments for £255mn

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Coalesce Capital Fund I, and parallel vehicles, with $900m in total capital commitments. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 10, 2025

BCI announced today a significant minority equity stake in Broadstreet Partners: On April 10, 2025, BroadStreet Partners (the Company) announced that BCI, Ethos Capital, and White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. will acquire a co-control ownership position in the Company, alongside current investor, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Swiss Life Asset Managers has launched its first open-ended private infrastructure fund, Swiss Life Funds (LUX) Privado Infrastructure S.A., With a recommended investment horizon of at least seven years, the fund complements existing investments across asset classes like cash, bonds, equities or real estate. SICAV-Eltif.

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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. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Renovus Capital Partners has held an oversubscribed and above-target closing of its fourth private equity fund, Renovus Capital Partners IV Core Buyout LP and parallel vehicles (Fund IV), with $875 million of capital. Earlier this year, Renovus closed its first multi-asset continuation fund with $325 million of capital.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The market for secondary sales of private equity (PE) stakes is experiencing unprecedented activity this year as investors look to exit ageing assets due to a cash crunch and a slowdown in dealmaking, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, has recently announced the launch of the IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund. The closed-end fund, with a total capitalization of $500m, will focus on acquiring medical properties and senior housing assets across the United States. for its investors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

banker Richard Ong, is seeking to raise as much as $2bn for a new fund that focuses on private credit in Asia. The Singapore-based firm has received initial interest from North American pension funds totaling $500m ahead of the fund launch in January, according to a fund document seen by Bloomberg News.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as saying that Paris-based Ardian, which has around $150 billion under management, is ultimately targeting $25 billion for the new fund. Like this article? Sign up to our free newsletter Author Profile Related Topics Deals Intelligence

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

British banknote printer De La Rue is in discussions with private equity firm Disruptive Capital GP and pension fund manager Pension SuperFund Capital, collectively known as PSFC Entities to sell up to 40% of its equity, according to a report by Reuters. The potential offer price of 1.25

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Reuters reports that Canadas BCI to buy BBGI infrastructure fund in US$1.32-billion largest listed infrastructure funds with a portfolio which includes projects such as bridges and tunnels, as well as education and health care facilities. in a deal valuing the Luxembourg-based investment firm at 1.06-billion billion ($1.32-billion),

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD 260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. Other leading funds in Australia’s rapidly expanding AUD3.7tn pension industry are also showing an increased interest in private credit.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 25, 2024

trillion Canadian funds: Almost no major Canadian pension manager has been spared. The largest fund, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, lost five per cent on its property portfolio in its last fiscal year as the commercial real estate slump deepened.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool. The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Investors in the Fund, which were a mix of numerous new investors as well as existing New Mountain Net Lease investors, include pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments, family offices and high net worth individuals. investment giant Blackstone is reportedly weighing offers for half its stake in the real.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Ardian raises over $20bn for secondaries fund the Paris-based PE firm has set a target for the fund of $25bn French group Ardian has amassed more than $20bn to buy stakes in private equity funds from investors, highlighting a corner of finance that is defying the broader slump in fundraising.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Top global asset managers including BlackRock are among investors in an Asia-focused infrastructure private equity fund that raised $800m, underscoring growing interest in the asset class amid market volatility. The Asia-managed fund says it has already deployed half the money raised in three platforms. The AIIB estimates $1.7

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