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💥Explore how private equity investors are identifying growth opportunities in sports at the 5th Private Equity Chicago Forum on July 22-23. Brand Velocity Group (BVG), the private equity firm co-founded by former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, has agreed to acquire RCX Sports, the company behind the official youth sports programs of major professional leagues including ...

The $408.3B California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is increasingly using risk budgeting to pursue climate goals, embedding emissions reductions into its portfolio construction rather than treating them as a standalone sustainability initiative. The effort is part of the pension fund’s pledge to achieve net-zero portfolio emissions by 2050. According to materia...

Reserve your seat at the upcoming Canada Investors Retreat CPP Investments has appointed Shauna Miller managing director of private equity funds. Miller has been with the Canadian pension fund for more than a decade, most recently serving as principal, private equity funds. Since joining the investment organization in 2015 as an analyst on the private ...

Singapore sovereign investors GIC and Temasek participated in Anthropic’s $65B Series H funding round, joining a group of institutional and technology investors that valued the artificial intelligence company at $965B. The financing was led by Altimeter Capital Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, Greenoaks Capital Partners and Sequoia Capital and included participation fr...

John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper, says the Australian pension fund cut exposure to U.S. equities too aggressively after “Liberation Day,” acknowledging that the move underestimated the resilience of American markets and the continuing strength of the technology rally. “The death of U.S. exceptionalism — it might happen one day, but it’s not happening ...