Private equity now makes up 11 percent of the Canadian pension’s capital under management, which has grown to nearly $128bn. The CPPIB has narrowly bucked the loss-making trend among North American pension funds, recording a 1 percent total return on investments in the three months ended in June.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The publicly traded Canadian buyout firm expects to hold a final close on its third mega-fund in early 2009. CEO Gerald Schwartz has said despite having done no deals in the second quarter, Onex sees attractive opportunities and is not discouraged by credit conditions.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The president of private equity real estate firm GoldenTree InSite Partners, Tom Shapiro, has warned the US real estate market is in store for more pain ahead as fundamentals, such as rents, weaken. It comes as UK real estate company, British Land, said prospective rents were “drifting downwards.”
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New Delhi-based developer is reportedly in advanced talks with several private equity funds to sell stakes in its special economic zone projects.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The firm’s European real estate fund has invested in a warehouse park in Bucharest for €104m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The German property company has launched a €500m fund to acquire and develop warehouse units. The move comes as a number of investors launch UK vehicles as a recovery play. The firm has reportedly reached agreement on two assets valued at £40m.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Public School Employees’ Retirement System has approved new commitments to private equity and real estate funds, including a $200m investment in Beacon’s latest $6bn property fund.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The stakes are raised in the gaming industry as a listed-investment vehicle of private equity firm Apollo Global Management marks down its co-investment in casino company Harrah’s Entertainment by 25%. Harrah’s was acquired by Apollo and TPG for a total of $17.1bn earlier this year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A report by PCA to the $234bn California pension fund has highlighted China and India as the most attractive emerging markets in which to invest. The pension will next week consider backing calls to allocate significantly more capital to emerging markets over the next decade.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $234.2bn pension is mulling a possible change to its private equity allocation, as the twin forces of sinking assets under management and shrinking distributions have combined for an overweighted alternatives exposure.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
