Capital Constellation
Capital Constellation is an innovative joint venture spanning Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
Read moreABOUT WAFRA
Wafra is an investment firm established to build long-term prosperity for asset owners around the world. Wafra means “abundance” and for over three decades we have worked patiently and sought to creatively deliver on this promise. Wafra currently manages approximately $28 billion in assets and commitments in a variety of asset strategies from Strategic Partnerships to Consulting Services. Behind our investment strategies are talented professionals, principally in New York and other financial centers, who bring expertise and experience to deliver strategic, reward-focused solutions. Wafra seeks to provide long-term investment return solutions that span not just years, but generations.
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01.27.2022
Broad Sky Partners Announces Investment from Capital Constellation and Acquisition of Thomas Scientific
JANUARY 27, 2022–(BUSINESSWIRE)–Broad Sky Partners today announced a strategic investment from Capital Constellation, as well as its acquisition of Thomas Scientific, marking the team’s first transaction.
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01.12.2022
OCERS Forges New Partnership with Capital Constellation, Joins Strategic Committee
NEW YORK–(BUSINESSWIRE)–Capital Constellation (“Constellation”) is pleased to announce the addition of the Orange County Employees Retirement System (“OCERS”) to its consortium of asset owners and welcomes OCERS’ Chief Investment Officer, Molly Murphy, to Constellation’s Strategic Committee.
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12.17.2021
New York State Pension Fund Backs Capital Constellation - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ PRO – New York State Common Retirement Fund is joining three other institutional investors that invested in the formation of Capital Constellation, which acquires stakes in growth stage private equity managers. With this commitment, the New York State pension fund will become an equal partner in Capital Constellation alongside investors that include the APFC, PIFSS and Railpen, according to Daniel Adamson, president of Capital Constellation and senior managing director of Wafra.
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SASB | Wafra - Leveraging SASB guidance to frame ESG integration in private markets
The paper highlights how Wafra incorporates financially material ESG considerations throughout the investment process to help drive the adoption of leading ESG practices not only among Capital Constellation’s investor entrepreneurs but also across their underlying investments.
Download reportQ2 19: The Evolution of Pension Management - Building In-House Capabilities
Diversification into alternative asset classes can provide attractive returns relative to traditional liquid portfolios, but this comes with higher fees to third-party managers. Pensions are developing new approaches to control fees and capture return; for large, established pensions, insourcing investment teams is an attractive solution.
Download report2018: Introducing Confidence Building Measures to PRI Signatories
Against a backdrop of increasing usage of ESG data from both investors and companies, there are debates over the quality and veracity of this information; this report explores the implementation of confidence building measures to negate these debates.
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