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Wealthy Families Fuel $20bn Private Equity Buyout Wave

Private Equity Insights

They’ve made a mark on Wall Street as go-to sources of capital for investment firms like KKR & Co. Germany’s Viessmann family, flush with cash after a major divestment, teamed up with KKR for its $3 billion acquisition of renewable energy firm Encavis AG announced in March.

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Bain Capital’s Harrington Takeover: OHA and BMO Pave the Way with $1bn Financing

Private Equity Insights

OHA sourced this transaction through its strategic direct lending partnership with BMO Capital Markets (“BMO”), which includes over $1bn to invest in jointly originated senior secured private credit assets. OHA is the private markets platform of T.

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Australia’s QIC Private Equity names VP and promotes two 

Private Equity Wire

Prior to joining QIC, Sulaiman served as Investment Manager at UK mid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital and as Investment Executive at investment firm CDC Group (now British International Investment). She began her career in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Canada in London.

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Apollo Is Among Private Equity Firms Considering a Redstone Buyout

Private Equity Insights

Apollo is one of a number investors, both wealthy individuals and professional money managers, that have reached out in recent weeks to BDT & MSD Partners, the investment bank advising the Redstones, according to people familiar with the discussions. Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3

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Will OMERS and BCI Drown Along With Thames Water?

Pension Pulse

The company is still in talks with its shareholders about raising as much as £1 billion in fresh funds following a £500 million injection agreed last year. Its largest shareholder is Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers), which holds a nearly 32 per cent stake. billion in Canadian funds.

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Fitch Warns Canadian Pensions Face More Pressure on Real Estate and Private Credit

Pension Pulse

A higher cost of debt and slower economic growth have created a tough investing environment, pushing down the value of some private assets that pension funds own. Private credit has been one of the best-performing asset classes for some large pension funds in recent years, often earning double-digit percentage gains.

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Transcript: Ken Kencel

The Big Picture

And what was fascinating about Drexel and kind of the diaspora, if you will, of that era was that we all basically went out looking to take that experience, particularly in high yield and kind of buyouts and financing, and do it at either banks or other investment banks. KENCEL: It’s the investment banking affiliate.