Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Bank of England (BoE) is intensifying its efforts to closely monitor risks in the non-bank financial sector, which includes private equity firms, hedge funds, and asset managers, according to a report by Institutional Investor.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 19, 2025

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Ontario Teachers Pension Plan closes Hong Kong office: Ontario Teachers Pension Plan is closing its Hong Kong office and shifting some staff to Singapore, as the $256-billion pension fund looks to streamline its operations in Asia.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

As of June 10, over half of the top 25 most valuable hedge funds in the United States were exposed to Bitcoin via the spot ETFs. Even the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, an agency managing the state's pension fund , announced an investment in spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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Top 1000 Funds

AUGUST 5, 2024

TRS is pioneering efforts to change the fee structure in hedge funds. CIO Jase Auby says new fee models now apply to around two thirds of the pension fund's hedge fund relationships

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 13, 2024

However, there's one significant development that could help it reach this lofty milestone -- spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This might not sound like a big deal, but the demand for these ETFs has been astonishing, especially when considering they aren't even a year old.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

However, the summit managed to attract many of the titans of private finance, with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink leading a group of Wall Street heavyweights who spanned the hedge fund industry, private equity and many of the world’s biggest banks. Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has called Alterra a “wonderful template” for others to copy.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 15, 2025

January, 15, 2025) Hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, and private credit have never been more popular. How do you distinguish between private equity, private credit, hedge funds, venture capital? Hedge funds can be like bonds or stocks, a little bit different. or more challenging.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

A megatrend investor capitalizing on a megatrend Alternative investments, like hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, and real estate, have historically produced higher risk-adjusted returns than the public stock and bond markets. This year, it's investing $1.5

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 13, 2024

This influx of capital has enabled numerous hedge funds and other money managers, including GoldenTree Asset Management, Sculptor Capital Management, Carlyle Group and CVC Credit Partners to raise at least $3.1bn in less than a year for strategies dedicated exclusively to these investments.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Carolina Mandl and Chris Prentice of Reuters report US SEC overhauls rules for $20 trillion private fund industry: The U.S. 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.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 22, 2024

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds reports UN pension fund slashes equity and pushes into impact and venture: The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) recently reduced the allocation to equity in its $92.5 Mostly because the pension fund would never be able to hire the size of the team required. “In-house

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has voted to support the California bill that requires private equity and hedge fund firms to obtain consent from the state attorney general for acquisitions or changes in control of healthcare facilities or provider groups. ”

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Top 1000 Funds

APRIL 10, 2024

Padmesh Shukla, chief investment officer of the £14 billion Transport for London Pension Fund explains why he believes hedge funds are a crucial element to a diversified portfolio.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 14, 2024

Laura Benitez and Nishant Kumar of Bloomberg report hedge funds draw pension money to riskiest corner of a $1.3 Pension plans and insurers have been piling into funds that invest in equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations in recent months, according to several asset managers who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

billion take private bid from investing firm Arkhouse and hedge fund Brigade earlier this month. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3 Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3 trillion ($965.47 billion) in assets have.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up The IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund will primarily focus on acquiring, developing, and financing healthcare assets in markets with high barriers to entry and limited supply.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 18, 2024

BlackRock particularly singled out pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments as the most likely candidates to buy Bitcoin. SWIB manages over $156 billion in assets, including the holdings of the Wisconsin Retirement System, the State Investment Fund, and other state trust funds.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans agreed unanimously with six private equity and hedge fund groups who had argued that the the SEC exceeded its authority by adopting the rule in August.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

The new fund, Ares Private Credit Fund VI (APCF VI), which surpassed its initial fundraising target, will focus on providing flexible and innovative financing solutions to middle-market companies across North America and Europe, emphasising senior secured loans, subordinated debt, and other private credit instruments. ”

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American Investment Council

JUNE 5, 2024

“A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a sweeping overhaul of rules governing private equity firms and hedge funds, a big win for Wall Street groups pushing back against SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s agenda.” Today, POLITICO published an article highlighting the 5 th U.S.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blackstone's unique investment business Blackstone manages investments for big money managers, including pension funds and institutional investors, and its $1 trillion in AUM makes it one of the largest asset managers in the world. Here's why this news is a big deal. What sets Blackstone apart from competitors is its investing style.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Although Ziply generates cash flow, it is currently owned by private equity backers – including three Canadian pension funds – and they have put $2-billion of net debt on its balance sheet. telecom-focused private equity fund WaveDivision Capital, LLC. In all, BCE’s total debt level will remain roughly where it is now.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

And to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if similar bribing schemes are also occurring at other CDPQ subsidiaries in India and at those of other large Canadian pension funds. He had greased pension fund managers in Laval and Sherbrooke to invest in his fund of funds (it wasn't even that) and I wasn't shocked when his firm collapsed.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 5, 2023

Institutional Investor ) • Hedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million Payouts : Paid sabbaticals, huge signing bonuses are among tools being used, as clients foot the bill in chase for steady returns. That threatens to push prices for steaks and burgers to records.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 21, 2024

Instead, the primary buyers appear to be Wall Street hedge funds. In fact, 80 of the largest buyers of the ETFs so far are hedge funds. One answer could be that the top buyers of the new ETFs are not retail investors (people like you and me) or large institutional investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2013

Ten years ago, I was an analyst for the General Motors pension fund, working on fund investments into leveraged buyout funds and venture capital deals. I literally wrote the investment memo for GMs investment into Accel IX, otherwise known as the "Facebook Fund." (I

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Pension Pulse

MAY 2, 2024

Last year, APFC’s staff decreased its private asset allocation from 19 percent to 15 percent, hypothesizing that there were better risk-adjusted returns to be had in asset classes like fixed income and hedge funds. This strategy has also given Frampton’s team the flexibility to get into some incredibly competitive investment funds.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 18, 2024

Wiseman and Ambachtsheer were on a panel alongside inaugural Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO Claude and CPP Investments current CEO John Graham, speaking about the origins and much-revered tenets of the Canadian system that are admired by pension funds around the world. And we were an incredibly entrepreneurial organisation.”

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Top 1000 Funds

MAY 29, 2023

Montreal-based Trans Canada Capital fuses its pension fund roots with the ethos of a relative value hedge fund for a unique investment approach that hunts uncorrelated alpha across the entire portfolio. Sarah Rundell speaks to two senior portfolio managers about their unique approach.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The rally also severely hit a number of quantitative hedge funds in China, people familiar with the matter said. A lot of hedge funds were betting big on these measures, including David Tepper's Appaloosa Management. Burry isn't the only hedge fund manager making money off of the recent surge in China's stock market.

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Top 1000 Funds

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion Finnish pension fund, Varma, explains how the fund’s diversification with a large equity allocation balanced by hedge funds, fixed income and real assets has meant it has been resilient to the increasing investment challenges. Markus Aho, chief investment officer of the €57.4

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2023

pension fund, has only about 11% of its assets invested in private equity, while Norway’s oil fund, one of the world’s largest wealth funds, has no investments in private equity at all. If I were running a pension fund, I would be very careful about what was being offered to me.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 17, 2024

Denitsa Tsekova of Bloomberg reports a $300 billion pension fund leads big-money charge back to bonds: When Christopher Ailman became the chief investment officer of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System back in 2000, one of every four dollars it oversaw was invested in government, corporate and mortgage debt.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2024

Three of the largest have boosted their targets this year, including California Public Employees’ Retirement System, California State Teachers’ Retirement System and New York City’s pension funds. Texas Teachers is a well-known US state pension fund that has a sizable allocation to alternatives including hedge funds.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

Instead, you create a dynamic where it's actually easier for bigger funds to raise money from big institutions. You can get a list of the biggest pension funds and endowments and it wouldn't take that much legwork to figure out who manages their venture programs. The investors for small funds are much more random and hidden.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Top multi-strategy, event driven hedge funds and large hedge fund managers As the name implies, these hedge funds invest across a wide variety of hedge fund strategies like L/S Equity, L/S credit, global macro, convertible arbitrage, risk arbitrage, volatility arbitrage, merger arbitrage, distressed debt and statistical pair trading.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 3, 2024

This was a truly incredible interview because it's rare Ken Griffin shares so much and Nicolai asks pertinent questions as he's a former heavyweight hedge fund manager himself. Earlier this week, NBIM CEO Nicolai Tangen posted an interview with Citadel founder Ken Griffin, part of his podcast series In Good Company.

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