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Swiss pension funds pivot toward homegrown private equity as appetite grows and barriers ease

Private Equity Insights

Momentum is building, in part, thanks to Swisscantos latest launch: the Private Equity Switzerland Growth II L-QIF fund. A Swisscanto spokesperson confirmed that several pension funds have already committed. of their assets to private equity. Yet, hurdles remain.

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PE rethinks NAV loans as investors push back

Private Equity Wire

Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled. Ares Management, Perpetual Investors, and 17Capital report that NAV loans are increasingly being reinvested into portfolio companies or utilised for add-on acquisitions instead of being used for payouts.

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OMERS Names a New Global Head of PE; BCI Wins PE 2024 LP of the Year

Pension Pulse

Bloomberg reports OMERS hires partner of Temasek-backed fund as Global Head of Private Equity: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System hired Alexander Fraser, a former partner of a Temasek-backed fund, as the global head of its private equity arm. OMERS Private Equity manages approximately C$27.5

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Keensight Capital raises €2.8bn for European healthcare and tech company investments

Private Equity Wire

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to making European growth buyout investments with offices in Paris, London and Boston, has raised €2.8bn in funds to invest in companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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CPP Investments Plows Into Private Equity in Fiscal Q3 2025

Pension Pulse

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. 31, according to Bloomberg calculations. Invested JPY 11.5

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Robert Poirier to Lead OMERS Governance Review; OPE Acquires Integris

Pension Pulse

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. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal counsel for OMERS Private Equity.

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ICYMI: Media Outlets Highlight AIC Study on Private Equity’s Superior Returns for Public Pensions

American Investment Council

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. Over the past decade, private equity delivered 15.2