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At The Money: How to Buy Alternatives

The Big Picture

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.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

: • There’s No Easy Exit for Companies Backed by PE and VC : Verdad Advisers’ Dan Rasmussen argues that rising debt costs, compressed margins, and negative cash flow make for a “pretty scary” picture of the health of private companies. That threatens to push prices for steaks and burgers to records.

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On CPP Investments' Insanely Large Allocation to Private Equity

Pension Pulse

CPP Investments invests in private equity in two ways. The first is via direct investments, where it holds ownership stakes that vary from passive, minority positions, up to 100% control of private companies. The second is through private equity funds run by private equity firms, such as KKR and Blackstone.

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AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on Shadow Banks and Investing More in Canada

Pension Pulse

It is not monolithic and includes such varied enterprises as pension fund investment managers such as AIMCo , insurance companies, investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, mortgage investment companies – and still others. The fund has ballooned to $50.7

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This Week in Pensions & Investments: 03-11-2023

Pension Pulse

Michiel Willams of Net Zero Investor reports OMERS’ sustainability chief on why the C$127bn fund’s green investment spree will not slow down: OMERS, the defined benefit (DB) plan for municipal employees in Ontario, is increasingly positioning itself as one of Canada's greenest pension fund investors. to sell its 24.5%

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Suyi Kim on What Drives Success at CPP Investments' Giant PE Portfolio

Pension Pulse

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds recently interviewed Suyi Kim, Global Head of Private Equity at CPP Investments to go over what drives success at their giant PE portfolio: Suyi Kim, global head of private equity at CPP Investments manages quite possibly the largest private equity allocation in the world.

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HOOPP Beefs Up Its ILS Investments in 2022

Pension Pulse

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is just one of the numerous pension fund and major ILS investors we track in our directories here. First, read my comment covering HOOPP's 2022 results where the plan remains fully funded despite losing 8.6%