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OMERS Private Equity exec Ebrahimi departs for H&F-owned Caliber

Hami Ebrahimi for 10 years worked in OMERS Private Equity's operations and strategy group, supporting a number of portfolio companies, including Caliber Collision Centers.

Brookfield sees covid-19 creating ‘one of the great environments’ for distressed debt

Bruce Flatt, CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, said the three-to-five-year outlook for its credit partner Oaktree Capital is “much better today than it looked eighteen months ago.”

OMERS' Michael Graham on covid-19, solo investing, plans for Asia

In his first full interview since becoming head of OMERS Private Equity, Michael Graham talks to Buyouts about his priorities in the downturn, 14 years of solo investing, the strategy today, and plans for the Singapore office.

Brookfield to throw a $5bn lifeline to retailers battered by covid-19

Brookfield's private equity, real estate and other platforms will share oversight of the retail initiative, which will make non-control investments in merchants with pre-pandemic revenue of $250m or more.

Emerging managers face ‘perfect storm’ in pandemic-roiled fundraising market

While a coronavirus-driven down-cycle is unlikely to shut down fundraising for viable GPs with first-time offerings, it has multiplied their challenges.

Cornell Capital, led by former Goldman Sachs executive, launches Fund II

Cornell Capital Partners II, which has not yet secured commitments, comes less than two years after the close of the firm’s inaugural multi-asset buyout fund at $1.3 billion-plus.

GP stakes funds helping PE firms ‘play offense’ in covid-19 down-cycle: Dyal’s Rees

Substantial minority capital on the balance sheet lends financial capabilities to managers second only to those afforded to “the largest public guys,” Dyal Capital Partners head Michael Rees told Buyouts.

Bain’s Abrahamson sees ‘truly high-quality’ tech companies emerging from covid-19 downturn

"Customers are scaling back on tech spending for the first time in a long time. The effects are diverse and tech companies will be impacted differently," Bain Capital's Darren Abrahamson said.

Bain Capital’s latest distressed, special situations fund passes $2bn mark

The fund's strategy, designed prior to the covid-19 pandemic, could have even more resonance today with a potentially growing pool of distressed assets.

Area One’s Fund IV at halfway point as covid-19 sharpens focus on farming

The health crisis has drawn more attention to food production and security issues, renewing a focus on farmland investing, Area One Farms CEO Joelle Faulkner said.