Pension Funds Stakes Startups 
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. read more IFM Investors acquires 49% stake in Splend to drive rideshare growth IFM Investors has acquired a 49% stake in Splend, a $200m startup providing vehicle financing.
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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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.
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.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2023
Back in 2004, I was working for the General Motors pension fund, which had been making limited partnership investments in venture capital since the early 1980’s. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.
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. A third concern deals with private equity fund valuation. CPP Investments invests in private equity in two ways.
Pension Pulse
AUGUST 12, 2024
Former Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt also wanted to build a Canadian-style pensions model in Britain, but progress had been slow. Reeves has announced a review, overseen by the new pensions minister Emma Reynolds, to look into how to achieve scheme consolidation and put pension funds to use in promoting UK growth.
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