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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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Chris Witkowsky of Buyouts reports Canadian giant PSP Investments shops $1 billion-plus portfolio: PSP investments is shopping a large portfolio of fund stakes that could total up to around $1.5 billion, according to sources and confirmed by the pension system in a statement to Buyouts.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 23, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. Last month, ART opened an office in London, joining AustralianSuper and Aware Super’s expansion into the UK.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

idOcean Energy, a portfolio company of private equity investor EIG, has agreed to acquire a 20% interest in PLNG from SK Earthon. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and. billion) divestment of stakes in. Read more Ares Raises $1.7 has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) is preparing to sell a portfolio of private credit holdings valued at up to $4bn, in what could become one of the largest deals in this market, according to a report by Bloomberg. We’ll be shifting more toward income-generating, ‘boring’ credit,” Webster said at the time.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

The company's total allocation is spread across several of these ETFs, featuring a $238 million stake in BlackRock 's iShares Bitcoin Trust. As of June 10, over half of the top 25 most valuable hedge funds in the United States were exposed to Bitcoin via the spot ETFs. Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

largest listed infrastructure funds with a portfolio which includes projects such as bridges and tunnels, as well as education and health care facilities. Oliver Haill of Collective Investments also reports BBGI Global Infrastructure agrees takeover by Canadian pension fund: BBGI Global Infrastructure SA (LSE:BBGI) has received a 1.6

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD 260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. Last month, ART opened an office in London, joining AustralianSuper and Aware Super’s expansion into the UK.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS) committed $400m (£315.55m) to private debt funds between October and December last year. The pension fund allocated $300m to the OIC Credit Opportunities IV fund, while the remaining $100m was committed to the Peninsula VIII, according to publicly available documents.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Aldar will join the Carlyle Europe Realty platform, the investment firm’s pan-European real estate portfolio, as part of the deal. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and. billion) divestment of stakes in. also unveiled this week a $1.4 billion ($1.7

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Suave Brands Company, a portfolio company of Boston-based private equity investment firm Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), is to acquire the ChapStick brand from global consumer health firm Haleon, in a deal valued at around $510m. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The firm’s current portfolio includes Fedrigoni, a global producer of self-adhesive labels and fibre-based packaging products, and Cigierre, a developer and operator of casual dining outlets. Last year, BC Partners sold a minority stake in PetSmart to Apollo Global Management. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 25, 2024

trillion Canadian funds: Almost no major Canadian pension manager has been spared. The largest fund, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, lost five per cent on its property portfolio in its last fiscal year as the commercial real estate slump deepened. Energy would be another portfolio we want to continue to grow.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The fund gives investors access to portfolio of over 40 private infrastructure companies such as wind and solar parks, hydropower plants, recycling companies, data centres, fibre networks, district heating networks, railway wagons, private hospitals, etc. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Ziply is currently owned by a group of private equity funds led by Searchlight Capital, and to fund its purchase, Montreal-based BCE will use $4.2-billion per-cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the owner of Toronto’s professional hockey, basketball, soccer and football teams. Now, the syndicate put in US$2.45

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool. The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

US private equity giant KKR and top Canadian pension fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ( CPPIB) have launched a $465 million block deal in Indus Towers as both investors eye an exit from the leading telecom tower company, multiple industry sources in the know told Moneycontrol. per share on January 31.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Toronto-based pension fund had 17% of its investments in Europe, including the UK, as of the end of 2023. The Toronto-based pension fund, valued at $255.8bn, is seeking new ways to protect its capital after significant investments in the US. That compares with 35% in the US and 35% in Canada. His advice?

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Iberdrola will have a majority stake of 51% in the assets. This renewable portfolio will have the capacity to supply energy to more than 400,000 homes each year, resulting in more than 350,000 tonnes of CO2 avoided per year. trillion and stakes in more than 9,000 companies. It owns on average 1.4% trillion ($965.47

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

The firm has successfully executed numerous investments, selling portfolios to large institutions and public REITs. Examples include a 19-property portfolio sold to Welltower REIT for around $300m in January 2020 and a 29-property portfolio sold to Nuveen Real Estate for approximately $620m in August 2021.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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. stake in video-game provider Keywords Ventures Ltd. The investments included a 24.5%

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Pension Pulse

MAY 14, 2024

Laura Benitez and Nishant Kumar of Bloomberg report hedge funds draw pension money to riskiest corner of a $1.3 trillion credit market: A high-stakes trade in the riskiest corner of a $1.3 In Europe, insurers and pension funds are restrained by regulations on how much they can allocate to these higher risk strategies.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 4, 2023

Investors in NPV ESG include KLP, a German occupational pension fund, and a large Nordic pension fund. The fund’s projects will be backed by long-term stable cashflows, backed by robust, credit-worthy PPAs leveraging the team’s OECD-based PPA expertise, as well as regulated revenues.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 16, 2024

Derek Decloet and Christine Dobby of Bloomberg report Canada taps ex-BOC governor to examine how pension funds invest: Canada’s finance minister has asked former central bank governor Stephen Poloz to examine ways to entice its pension funds to invest more in the country.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

The firm’s fund provides liquidity solutions for private equity-owned companies. CSSO III acquires direct minority stakes in private equity-owned portfolio companies, finances M&A growth and participates in concentrated continuation vehicles.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Fund IV closed with commitments of $825 million from limited partners and the US Small Business Administration and $50 million from the general partner. Fund IV limited partners include university endowments, foundations, pension funds, insurance companies, banks, family offices, and industry executives from the U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Investors in the Fund, which were a mix of numerous new investors as well as existing New Mountain Net Lease investors, include pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments, family offices and high net worth individuals. investment giant Blackstone is reportedly weighing offers for half its stake in the real.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Ardian raises over $20bn for secondaries fund the Paris-based PE firm has set a target for the fund of $25bn French group Ardian has amassed more than $20bn to buy stakes in private equity funds from investors, highlighting a corner of finance that is defying the broader slump in fundraising.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Canadian pension funds acquired Santanders stake in 2016, becoming equal owners. For KKR, a successful bid for Cubico would mark another significant move in its expanding renewable energy portfolio. Today, Cubico operates wind and solar farms across Europe, the Americas, and Australia, with a total capacity of 2.8

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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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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Institutional investors include large organizations such as investment firms, insurers, and pension funds. As you might imagine, institutional investors own major stakes in the so-called "Magnificent Seven" stocks. Although 112 institutional investors exited their positions in Nvidia, 436 initiated new stakes.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

And to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if similar bribing schemes are also occurring at other CDPQ subsidiaries in India and at those of other large Canadian pension funds. He had greased pension fund managers in Laval and Sherbrooke to invest in his fund of funds (it wasn't even that) and I wasn't shocked when his firm collapsed.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 21, 2024

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports that OMERS is writing off its take in troubled British utility Thames Water: The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has written off its entire investment in troubled British utility Thames Water, walking away from a stake once valued at well over $1-billion. The unit earned a 5.5-per-cent

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

clean energy developer, today announced that it has raised a $1.2bn capital package to support the expansion of its large-scale renewable energy portfolio comprising utility-scale transmission and storage, onshore wind and solar generation, and offshore wind. markets alongside an established partner with a solid portfolio of projects.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 13, 2023

Amy Bainbridge of Bloomberg reports that Australian pension funds with $500 billion go bargain hunting: Australia’s pensions giants, flush with cash thanks to surging inflows, are looking to private markets for discount deals as global asset prices come under pressure.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 24, 2024

Florence Chong of IPE Real Assets reports ADQ buys 49% of infrastructure platform Plenary as CDPQ sells 20% stake ADQ, an Abu Dhabi state-owned investment company, has purchased a 49% stake in global public infrastructure group Plenary for an undisclosed price, believed to be around A$1bn (€609m).

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