Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

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. Still, I will wait to read the final report to see what Mr. Poirier has to say.

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American Investment Council

JULY 23, 2024

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. public pension funds earn 10-year median return of 15.2%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 23, 2024

Roughly $7 million worth of cancels came from a single client event, a historic merger of two major global banks in Europe that affected us across index, ESG, and analytics. Just last week, we closed our acquisition of the London-based index provider, Foxberry. Turning to our other recent acquisitions.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2024

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 term NBFI captures a wide range of enterprises and therefore defies a common regulatory approach.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 25, 2024

The investment in Idealist marks the third by Canada Growth Fund, a $15-billion pool set up by Ottawa to help direct private-sector capital to Canadian technologies that help meet its commitments to reduce emissions. It is managed by PSP Investments, a public-sector pension-fund manager. a unit of Advantage Energy Ltd.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Operational Highlights Corporate developments Ranked first among the world’s leading public pension funds by Global SWF when measuring annualized returns between fiscal years 2013 and 2022 (Global SWF Data Platform, December 2023). GreenSky is a leader in point-of-sale home improvement financing based in the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

On October 1, we closed on our acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners. We believe the model portfolio solution we're building with Partners Group will revolutionize access to private markets for wealth managers and improve portfolio outcomes for millions of households on an even bigger scale than what's been done with evergreen funds.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 27, 2023

Delight at acquisition Announcing the deal to the French market, FDJ’s chairman Stephane Pallez said he was “delighted” with the acquisition. As part of the agreement, FDJ, which is the operator of the French National Lottery, will purchase the shares from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, An Post, and An Post Pension Fund.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 7, 2024

Retail or Municipal Rates for Utility Customers: Following the close of the acquisition, Minnesota Power and SWL&P will continue to be regulated by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC), the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). billion, including ALLETE’s net debt.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

Ian Bickis of The Canadian Press reports CPP Investments earned 8 per cent in latest fiscal year, net assets rose to $632 billion: Canada's biggest pension fund earned an eight per cent return last year, but significantly underperformed the 19.9 per cent return of its reference portfolio.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

That's the book title of my guest this week for authors in August here to introduce you to my friend Sunny Vanderbeck and a wide-ranging conversation about business, about conscious capitalism, about mergers and acquisitions and bankers in deadlines and you and your family, your employees, all your stakeholders, selling without selling out.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 23, 2024

LOGOS’ India Chief Executive Officer Mehul Shahadded: “This acquisition demonstrates our long-term commitment and confidence in the Indian logistics and industrial sector, with high demand for holistic, modern and responsible AAA grade infrastructure helping India’s manufacturing growth and related demand for quality and sustainable development.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 21, 2023

He joined McCarthy Tétrault back in 1997 and was a corporate litigator working on mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies and other files. I told him I track pension funds very closely and there's no doubt CDPQ is a global leader in sustainable/ responsible investing. We began with a quick overview of his career.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And the entire merger department of Goldman Sachs in 1983 was 32 people. Michael Fisch : 00:05:39 [Speaker Changed] Well, in the time that I was working at Goldman Sachs in mergers, there were a bunch of big public companies who were on, we were on m and a retainer, they call it. Some investments will never have add-on acquisitions.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

In private credit, tightening credit conditions resulting from a handful of bank failures and rescues in the United States have opened up opportunities for non-bank players like pension funds, he said. HCP) to support Carlyle’s acquisition of the company. Christine Dobby of the Toronto Star also reports CPP Investments posts 1.3%

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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

So you come outta college, you go to Pricewaterhouse Cooper and then Koch Industries where you’re focusing on convertible securities, merger, arb, and, and special situations. So I remember writing the merger, our business plan there. So it, it really has and, and pension funds, they’re on hold today.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RITHOLTZ: Was this a distressed acquisition or — RIEDER: It was. Which is run by many insurance companies, pension funds who use Aladdin, and it’s a commercial enterprise for the firm. Didn’t it start as a bond shop, catering to pension funds and foundations? RIEDER: It is. RIEDER: Right.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And so I joined Goldman in there, it was a 12-person merger department. So I joined Goldman and their merger department, but said, I’d like to be your LBO guy. The head of mergers and everyone watched over me there. I started at Goldman at ’81 doing, you know, mostly raid work and more traditional merger and seller work.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

In fact, virtually all of our drawdown funds we've launched in our history, have been profitable for our investors. Our performance has helped secure retirees' pensions, fund students educations, pay healthcare benefits, and protect and grow the savings of individual investors. So, buying things is not as big of an issue.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

In fact, that was pre -merger with Manny Hanny and Chemical, and JP Morgan, and et cetera. Unfortunately, you know, they went through a series of about a dozen mergers — RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: There was just a run of acquisitions until they’re the behemoth. How did you get to Chase? KENCEL: Sure. KENCEL: Right.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 24, 2025

The 150m revenue firm, which employs 1,000 people, plans to accelerate growth by adding mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to its historically organic strategy. This partnership comes amid significant consolidation in the Dutch accountancy sector, where firms like Forvis Mazars and Moore have rapidly expanded through acquisitions.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The State Pension Fund of Finland has also joined as a new minority shareholder. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and StaffPoints management will retain their minority stakes. At the time, StaffPoint generated 130m in net sales. In 2023, StaffPoint recorded net sales of 137m and employed approximately 14,000 people.

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Insight Partners

MARCH 4, 2025

” Nasdaq uses AI to enhance these datasets, from summarizing pension fund meeting minutes to applying machine learning models for detecting fraudulent transactions. Mergers and acquisitions have been constrained by regulatory hurdles, but Friedman sees potential for greater flexibility in the future.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2025

billion from one of our large pension fund clients. And for Private Capital Solutions, I think at the time of the acquisition, you talked about accelerating revenue growth from mid to high teens to 20%. It's -- and we've -- we're measurably lowering the cost of data acquisition. So, it's both a speed to market.

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