Kirk Falconer

Newfoundland and Labrador Pooled Pension Fund set a 5 pct allocation target for PE System hires Caledon Capital to guide it into PE and infrastructure Caledon recently hired by Illinois Teachers’ pension to advise on PE A big, new pool of capital has emerged in Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador Pooled Pension Fund (NLPPF), a C$9 […]

TorQuest’s exit of Array Marketing generated a 61 pct IRR Canadian firm held Array more than three years Carlyle invested from its second U.S. middle-market fund TorQuest Partners scored a 5x return on total invested capital in the sale of its interest in Array Marketing to Carlyle Group, representing a 61 percent internal rate of […]

Jenkins took over Private Investments at CPPIB in January He replaced André Bourbonnais Jenkins oversaw market-moving acquisition of Antares Capital Mark Jenkins has spent less than a year leading Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s private investments group. But he has already put his stamp on the job, overseeing the pension system’s acquisition of Antares Capital and its first direct private equity […]

Jenkins took over Private Investments at CPPIB in January He replaced André Bourbonnais Jenkins oversaw market-moving acquisition of Antares Capital Mark Jenkins has spent less than a year leading Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s private investments group. But he has already put his stamp on the job, overseeing the pension system’s acquisition of Antares Capital and its first […]

Deal-making activity in Canada’s venture capital and private equity arena surged in the first half of 2015, driven by a spate of financings in the tech start-up space and large investments in energy assets, data from Thomson Reuters showed this week.

Year entered private equity: 1971 Investment strategy: Buyouts, private equity, venture capital, infrastructure Key officers: Andreas Beroutsos, executive VP; Frédérick Charette, managing director; Frédéric Godbout, VP PE portfolio size: C$22.4 bln Target allocation: n/a Website: https://www.lacaisse.com/en The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec plans to commit billions of dollars more to direct deals in the years ahead, signalling a continuing shift in strategy […]

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec plans to commit billions of dollars more to direct deals in the years ahead, signalling a continuing shift in strategy for one of the world’s largest private equity investors.