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Country: Canada

Canadian private equity company also present in the United States, France and Italy

300 employees

15 billion in assets under management

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Private equity: Sagard opens its capital to Abu Dhab 12/07/2023

  • Sagard is owned by the Desmarais family of billionaires.
  • New investors in Sagard include ADQ (manager of the United Arab Emirates' energy, utilities and healthcare interests), Bank of Montreal, and Great-West Lifeco.
  • ADQ, BMO and GWL would together invest around $100 million in Sagard.
  • Sagard has $14.5 billion in assets.
  • Approximately $2 billion of capital will be injected into Sagard's new funds over the next five years.

Private equity: Sagard opens its capital to Abu Dhabi 06/07/2023

  • ADQ, BMO and GWL jointly inject a hundred million dollars into Sagard, becoming the third shareholder,
  • Assets under management total $14.5 billion
  • 2 billion in capital to be injected into new funds over the next five years
  • ADQ contributed more than 20% of the Emirates' non-oil GDP in 2022
  • Wafra, a Kuwaiti investment company, raised $1.5 billion to take minority stakes in private equity managers
  • Sagard has developed 12 different unlisted investment strategies, including 3 in Paris in SMEs, tech and fintech.