Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dutch pension fund PFZW has completed a $3.02 The pension fund said in a statement that the companies have a “compelling climate transition strategy” and are “convincingly committed to switching from fossil fuel to low carbon energy sources”. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

Four of New York City’s five public employee pension funds, catering for teachers, police officers, firefighters and civil servants, are to up their allocations to private equity and other illiquid asset classes, as they look to boost investment returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

The capital was secured from a broad range of global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. It highlights the growing demand for liquidity solutions among institutional investors. The $30bn raised comes amid record-breaking transaction volumes in the secondary market.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

The fund aims to provide flexible credit solutions to mid-sized companies across Europe, focusing on direct lending and structured credit investments. The capital was raised from a global pool of investors, including insurance companies, pension funds, and family offices.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 11, 2025

PC VI secured commitments from a diverse group of limited partners, including endowments, foundations, insurance firms, family offices, and pension funds. Since 2002, it has deployed over $4bn across 80 investments. The success of the fundraise reflects continued investor confidence in Pamlicos disciplined approach to value creation.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds (CRPTF) has committed up to $450m to bolster its private equity portfolio, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing an announcement by State Treasurer Erick Russell. As of June 30, the pension fund had an actual allocation of 11.3%

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS), based in Augusta, has approved two alternative investment commitments totalling up to $200m, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online citing James Bennett, the Chief Investment Officer of the $20.2bn pension fund.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The fund focuses on real estate secondaries, acquiring stakes in mature funds, providing liquidity to limited partners, and recapitalising existing assets. Employee and limited partner commitments also contributed to the funds oversubscribed close.

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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. A senior executive at a leading investment firm predicted a dearth of exits from China for at least the next few years, further complicating the investment landscape.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

New Forests, a global sustainable investment manager, has raised 410m in the first close of its latest fund, focused on climate and forestry initiatives. The fund, supported by European investors such as pension funds, insurers, and family offices, aims to reach a final target of 600m.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

The country’s growing pool of pension funds and increasing corporate restructuring activities are drawing the attention of alternative investment firms worldwide.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

31, 2023, a pension fund that owns shares of Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Amazon's board of directors, alleging it "acted in bad faith" in declining to hire SpaceX to work on Project Kuiper. And as SpaceNews reported on Aug. A November 2020 expansion on the plans likewise failed to elicit guidelines or oversight from the board.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Investcorp has been chosen by Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP), one of Malaysias largest pension funds, to manage a $110m special managed account focused on private equity. KWAP, with over $36bn in assets, selected Investcorp from a field of more than 100 global private equity firms.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The move to a corporation from a partnership made it possible for more institutional investors to buy shares in the company, as some pension funds and insurance companies disallow investing in partnerships. In 2020, for example, it created Brookfield Renewable as part of its Brookfield Renewable Partners subsidiary.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

It includes institutional investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, consultants, and family offices. The investor base for ASOF V is geographically diverse, with commitments from North America (45%), Europe (30%), and Asia-Pacific (25%).

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

The fund, one of the largest in the firms history, will focus on high-growth software and technology companies across multiple sectors. The capital was raised from a broad investor base, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Read more: [link] Balbec Capital closed its latest credit fund, Insolve Global Credit Fund VI, securing over $1.7bn in commitments, making it the firms largest fundraising cycle to date. Warren Spector, chairman of Balbec, highlighted the strong investor confidence in the firms approach, investment process, and analytics.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As part of this initiative, BlackRock is establishing a GP solutions business to serve general partners (GPs) of alternative-asset firms, which oversee investments on behalf of limited partners like pension funds and endowments.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

This $700m fund highlights the firms commitment to empowering middle-market companies with the financial tools they need to achieve long-term growth. The capital was raised from a diverse group of investors, including pension funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Enlightenment Capital Solutions Fund V exceeded its initial target of $600m and its original hard cap of $750m, reflecting strong investor demand from a diverse pool of investors, including pension funds, asset managers, endowments, family offices, and insurance companies.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

The New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) has approved two major commitments to alternative investments, totalling a combined $100m, as part of its ongoing strategy to diversify its portfolio, according to a report by Pensions & Investments.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

HBX Group, the Spanish travel technology company known for its Hotelbeds brand and backed by private equity firms Cinven, EQT, and Canadian pension fund CPP Investments, is gearing up for a 1bn ($1.04bn) initial public offering (IPO) in the coming weeks, according to a report by Reuters.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Frazier Healthcare Partners closed its $2.3bn Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund XI, exceeding its target in just six months The fund, known as FHGB XI, is focused on controlling interests in middle-market healthcare companies and secured strong backing from global limited partners, including public pension funds, financial institutions, sovereign (..)

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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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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

US pension fund giant the New York State Common Retirement Fund has agreed a hefty $4.6bn of new alternatives fund commitments. The post NY State Common Retirement Fund commits $4.6bn across PE, credit, secondaries and RE appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In the broader credit market, where insurance companies and pension funds seeking high returns have driven yields lower, private debt continues to attract investors. In the second quarter, private debt saw returns of 2.18%, while buyouts posted 1.47%, according to State Street’s index.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Geographically, the fund has attracted a highly diversified group of investors, with LPs from 28 countries across the world, with notable growth in commitments from LPs in MENA, the Americas, Asia, the UK, the Nordics, and the Netherlands.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 30, 2025

Investor demand for the fund was exceptionally strong, with Blue Sage securing backing from a diverse group of Limited Partners, including university endowments, charitable foundations, pension funds, large family offices, insurance firms, and high-net-worth individuals.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The fund attracted both new and existing investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, consultants, and multi-family offices. Warren Spector, chairman of Balbec, highlighted the strong investor confidence in the firms approach, investment process, and analytics.

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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 Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Fund II achieved a 107% re-up rate among existing limited partners as well as securing over €325m in new capital commitments. In addition to strong European support, over 40% of Fund II capital comes from US-based investors.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

According to a recent release, the fund raised in just four months and attracting a diverse range of investors from across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East includes public and private pension funds, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and financial institutions, among its investor base.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Pension funds, such as the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, have also participated in the programme. A key feature of the scheme is its ability to fund reinsurance contracts through debt securities, known as catastrophe bonds (cat bonds).

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Growth equity firm Valspring Capital has closed its first fund, Valspring Capital Fund I, exceeding its $255m target, with plans to focus on investments in growth-stage companies in the healthcare sector. Valspring Capital was founded in 2022 by a team that previously worked at Bain Capital Ventures.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association (FCERA) has approved $140m in new commitments to alternative investment funds during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a report by Pension & Investments Online citing a letter from retirement investment officer Conor Hinds.

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PE Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

Credit Fund IV's investors include state and county pension funds, corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and insurance companies. The post KSL Capital Partners wraps up fourth credit fund at $1.26bn appeared first on PE Hub.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The fundraise secured significant support from new and existing investors, achieving over 100% net dollar retention from existing limited partners in the predecessor flagship fund. Proskauer served as legal advisor for Shamrock and no placement agent was used for the fundraise.

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