Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

billion; €6 billion) in liquidity last year, including roughly C$6 billion from selling direct investments and receiving dividend recapitalisations, and around C$3 billion from selling private equity fund stakes in the secondaries market, head of PE Martin Longchamps tells affiliate title Private Equity International.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Bloomberg News reports China’s biggest stock buying frenzy in years overwhelms exchange: Chinese equities capped their biggest weekly rally since 2008 with a burst of trading that overwhelmed the Shanghai stock exchange, underscoring a dramatic shift in investor sentiment after Xi Jinping’s government ramped up economic stimulus.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 5, 2023

The public equities portfolio at AIMCo, which owns shares traded on stock exchanges, lost 10 per cent last year, while private equity had a modest 0.5-per-cent Investment Performance Performance by Asset Class Investment Highlights Infrastructure AIMCo acquired a greater stake in Howard Energy Partners. per-cent return.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 7, 2024

Upon completion of the acquisition, ALLETE’s shares will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange, and ALLETE will become a private company. Once it closes, Canada's pension fund will own a huge stake in this company and I have no doubt this will be a great long-term investment. Advisors J.P.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

LBOs typically occur when a private equity firm takes over a publicly traded company, delisting it from the stock exchange and making it a privately held entity. Through the buyout, the private equity firm gains a controlling stake in the company, allowing them to implement strategic changes and operational improvements.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

LBOs typically occur when a private equity firm takes over a publicly traded company, delisting it from the stock exchange and making it a privately held entity. Through the buyout, the private equity firm gains a controlling stake in the company, allowing them to implement strategic changes and operational improvements.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 13, 2025

Jameson Berkow of the Globe and Mail reports PSP Investments buys stake in Ontarios 407 highway, the pension funds largest Canadian investment: Public Sector Pension Investment Board is making its largest-ever investment in Canada with a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire a piece of Ontarios 407 ETR toll road.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 27, 2023

The full share capital of Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), currently majority owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan with minority stakes held by An Post, is to be sold to La Francaise des Jeux, pending approval by the lottery regulator. That approval is expected to be delivered some time before the end of 2023.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

In addition to insurance clients, pension funds and other LPs see the value we're creating in private credit, and there's been a strong response to our product offerings. We placed or originated $14 billion of A-rated credits on average for them in the first quarter, up 71% year over year and nearly $50 billion since the start of 2023.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

In private credit, tightening credit conditions resulting from a handful of bank failures and rescues in the United States have opened up opportunities for non-bank players like pension funds, he said. So we kind of had headwinds and tailwinds in the portfolio, which is the point of diversification,” Graham said. per cent return.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 4, 2023

The company is still in talks with its shareholders about raising as much as £1 billion in fresh funds following a £500 million injection agreed last year. Its largest shareholder is Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers), which holds a nearly 32 per cent stake.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 13, 2025

North American pensions, endowments, and institutional investors have traditionally been the firms largest backers, alongside Singapores GIC and multiple Japanese investors. The firm adopts a flexible investment strategy, acquiring both minority and majority stakes. It also collaborates with other firms on larger deals.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

officials allege: Senior executives at Quebec’s provincial pension fund manager tried to win contracts by paying Indian officials hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and interfered with corruption investigations in the United States, American prosecutors allege. per cent stake in the company. law, American authorities say.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Daniel Johnson of Bloomberg reports fall economic statement: Ottawa seeks to lower pension fund investments caps: The federal government announced a move to ease limits for pension funds investing in Canadian companies in its latest fiscal update, along with responses to tariff threats from the U.S.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Nicolas Van Praet of the Globe and Mail reports pension giant Caisse strikes deal to acquire Innergex Renewable Energy: Canadian pension fund giant Caisse de dpt et placement du Qubec has struck a deal to buy Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. The Caisse will pay $13.75 The Caisse will pay $13.75 based company at about $2.8-billion.

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