Key Takeaways
- • Adam Buzanis, head of private markets at CAAT Pension Plan, has been appointed as Managing Director and Head of Funds at OMERS Private Equity to lead the organization's external private equity funds business.
- • The hire underscores OMERS' strategic expansion of its private equity fund investment platform, leveraging Buzanis's extensive experience managing a global private markets portfolio.
- • Buzanis brings proven expertise from CAAT, where he oversaw the pension plan's comprehensive global private markets platform across multiple asset classes and geographies.
- • OMERS Private Equity operates with over 30 years of institutional investing experience and maintains a stable capital base designed to capitalize on market opportunities for pensioner returns.
Summary
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has recruited Adam Buzanis from CAAT Pension Plan to lead its private equity funds business as Managing Director, Head of Funds. Buzanis previously served as head of private markets at CAAT, where he oversaw the pension plan's global private markets platform spanning multiple investment strategies and geographies.
In his new role at OMERS Private Equity, Buzanis will be responsible for developing and expanding the organization's external private equity funds program. This appointment reflects OMERS' continued strategic focus on building out its third-party fund investment capabilities alongside its direct investment operations.
OMERS Private Equity is built on more than three decades of institutional investment experience and benefits from a stable capital base that enables flexibility during periods of market volatility. The organization prioritizes returns for its pensioner beneficiaries across its investment decision-making. By recruiting Buzanis, OMERS gains a senior executive with established track records in managing complex, diversified private markets portfolios at scale—a critical capability as the pension fund expands its external fund commitments and allocation strategies.
The appointment positions OMERS to accelerate its fund-of-funds and co-investment strategies at a time when large Canadian pension funds are increasingly diversifying their private equity exposure through multiple fund managers and structures.
In his new role at OMERS Private Equity, Buzanis will be responsible for developing and expanding the organization's external private equity funds program. This appointment reflects OMERS' continued strategic focus on building out its third-party fund investment capabilities alongside its direct investment operations.
OMERS Private Equity is built on more than three decades of institutional investment experience and benefits from a stable capital base that enables flexibility during periods of market volatility. The organization prioritizes returns for its pensioner beneficiaries across its investment decision-making. By recruiting Buzanis, OMERS gains a senior executive with established track records in managing complex, diversified private markets portfolios at scale—a critical capability as the pension fund expands its external fund commitments and allocation strategies.
The appointment positions OMERS to accelerate its fund-of-funds and co-investment strategies at a time when large Canadian pension funds are increasingly diversifying their private equity exposure through multiple fund managers and structures.
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