Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 17, 2023

Australia’s third-largest pension fund will officially open its first overseas outpost in London in November, a senior company official said, pushing for more private market investments as the sector outgrows the confines of home. The country’s biggest fund, AustralianSuper, recently poached senior executives from J.P.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Buyout firm EQT AB is teaming up with Germany’s richest man to acquire a 35% stake in German bus and train operator Flix SE. The private equity firm is investing through EQT Future, an impact-driven fund with a longer holding period. read more Blackstone’s Zawadzki Sees Private Credit as $25tn Market The $1.7

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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. The ILPA warns that any distributions received from a NAV-based facility might later be recalled to help repay the loan.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by luxury French fashion house LVMH, is looking to sell its stake in Saudi Arabian gourmet food producer and restaurant chain Bateel, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

I Squared Capital is considering selling a minority stake in Think Gas Distribution Pvt. The private equity firm is working with an adviser to sell as much as a 30% stake in Think Gas, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

The report cites Apollo partner Brian Feurtada as confirming that the the New York-based firm has so far assembled a roughly 10-strong family office with headcount expected to increase in the future. Blackstone and KKR & Co are also reportedly establishing units to focus on ultra wealthy private investors.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The market for secondary sales of private equity (PE) stakes is experiencing unprecedented activity this year as investors look to exit ageing assets due to a cash crunch and a slowdown in dealmaking, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

European utility Engie has joined forces with Canada’s second-largest pension fund to try to buy British power network Electricity North West (ENWL), according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Read more South Korea’s Hahn & Co raises $3.4bn for new buyout fund Aircraft landing gear maker Héroux-Devtek Inc.

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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 9, 2024

BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm with over $40bn in AUM, has agreed to sell Forno d’Asolo Group, an Italian manufacturer and distributor of frozen bakery products valued at €1.1bn ($1.2bn), to a Investindustrial, a European mid-market private equity firm, and Sammontana, an ice cream manufacturer.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Aldar Properties is continuing its foray outside the Middle East with a $111 million co-investment with private equity firm The Carlyle Group in logistics and storage assets across Europe. Aldar will join the Carlyle Europe Realty platform, the investment firm’s pan-European real estate portfolio, as part of the deal.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Coalesce Capital Fund I, and parallel vehicles, with $900m in total capital commitments. Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), is set to invest $150m in Apollo Global Management, the world’s second-largest private equity firm. As global funds seek alternative markets for investments and fundraising due to restrictions in China, Korea is emerging as a focal point.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

RRJ Capital, the private equity firm founded by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Richard Ong, is seeking to raise as much as $2bn for a new fund that focuses on private credit in Asia. Read more MBK Partners Launches Tender Offer for Stake in Hankook &Co.,

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 as it was delisted by private equity firm TPG Inc.; Allegro Funds as it acquired fuel retailer Gull New Zealand; and BGH Capital’s payments platform Pushpay, the firm said. has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, has recently announced the launch of the IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund. The closed-end fund, with a total capitalization of $500m, will focus on acquiring medical properties and senior housing assets across the United States. for its investors.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Private equity firms have a direct stake in the outcome, as they frequently retain significant ownership in companies post-IPO exposing them to extended shareholder litigation risks that could impact fund performance.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Two of Australia’s largest pension investors pledged to pour $19bn into UK and European markets in coming years, as the industry increasingly looks for opportunities overseas. trillion pension industry, known locally as superannuation, which has increased assets invested overseas in recent years.

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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. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading? read more The post NEC holds first close of $1.5bn NextPower V ESG appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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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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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

In April, Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure arm agreed to buy Milan-listed construction firm Salcef Group SpA with the Salciccia family, who have controlled it for decades. Read more Wealthy Families Fuel $20bn Private Equity Buyout Wave Ultra-rich individuals and families worth more than $150bn are helping drive a resurgence in.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

LA-based private equity firm OpenGate Capital has partnered with Ownership Works, a nonprofit founded by KKR’s Co-Head of Global Private Equity Pete Stavros that is aiming to generate at least $20bn of wealth for employees over the next decade.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Asia-managed fund says it has already deployed half the money raised in three platforms. Read more BlackRock Backs Seraya Partners’ $800m Asia-Focused Infrastructure Fund Top global asset managers including BlackRock are among investors in an Asia-focused. is said to be nearing a deal to buy a stake in Cotiviti Inc.

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The firm has built a diverse team of nearly 30 people, including investment professionals from a number of leading private equity firms as well as executives with significant operational expertise, such as the former CEOs of Engie, Siemens Gamesa and Avangrid.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 7, 2023

It comprises 17 African shareholders—including sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions, banks, pension funds, asset managers, and retirement agencies—and two international Institutional Investors. The collaboration brings together a diverse group of influential stakeholders from Africa and outside the region.

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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.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

.” The raise announced today comprises committed capital investments in energyRe LLC from Glentra Capital alongside co-investors Novo Holdings and Denmark -based pension fund PKA. In addition, a firm agreement has been reached with Elia Group for the acquisition of a stake in a subsidiary of energyRe: energyRe Giga.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

We are thrilled to be entering into this partnership, on behalf of our pension fund client ABP and Asset Owner Partners, and we are eager to work closely with the euNetworks team as they continue to develop and further their strategic vision.” agreed to buy a Permian Basin rival and a controlling stake in.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 11, 2024

stake in Italy's largest telecom network, aiming for digital growth: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) is set to expand its portfolio in Italy's digital infrastructure, having agreed to secure a 17.5 percent stake in NetCo for up to $2.9 interest in the company for up to €2.0 billion (C$2.9 billion (C$27.5

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2023

Different from public equity, where investors buy a stake in a publicly listed company, private equity refers to the private ownership of non-listed firms or of those that were once public and have been since taken private. CPP Investments invests in private equity in two ways.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2024

Three of the largest have boosted their targets this year, including California Public Employees’ Retirement System, California State Teachers’ Retirement System and New York City’s pension funds. The Texas fund only has 77.5% of the assets it needs to pay future obligations.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 23, 2024

But what’s even more relevant, he says, is that with $88 billion now invested in a province with a GDP of nearly $500 billion, “the Caisse is the pension fund that is the most invested, in the world, in its local economy.” More than ever, Canada’s largest pension funds are being pressed to play the same role in the rest of the country.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 6, 2024

Then she came across an investor presentation from a different universe: KKR, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. By that time, Mr. Stavros had decided to start an organization to promote his model more broadly, hoping to reach the 12 million people who work for companies that private equity firms own.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A CPPIB spokesperson said the name of the fund is Canadian Fund-of-Funds V and that as an evergreen mandate, it's an additional commitment to a customized mandate with the pension fund. billion in Canadian private equity investments on behalf of CPPIB, a Sept. 14 news release said.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds recently interviewed Suyi Kim, Global Head of Private Equity at CPP Investments to go over what drives success at their giant PE portfolio: Suyi Kim, global head of private equity at CPP Investments manages quite possibly the largest private equity allocation in the world.

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