Alfie Crooks

Alfie Crooks

News & Analysis

LPs avoid ‘knee-jerk reactions’ amid market uncertainty: ILPA director

ILPA’s senior leadership says members are sticking to their current portfolios and taking a long-term outlook on public market volatility.

2 min read · 16 April 2025

Managers

Maryland board to vote on increases to PE allocation next week

The pension board will choose among allocation strategies that would decrease the amount by which it is overweight to private equity.

2 min read · 09 April 2025

Managers

Federal threats cause endowments to reconsider investment strategies

Federal funding cuts and a pending tax on their investment gains are forcing endowments to recalibrate their investment strategies in private markets.

6 min read · 07 April 2025

News & Analysis

CV explosion could fizzle with tariff headwinds, industry insiders fear

While macroeconomic uncertainty might be conducive to increased secondary activity, there is concern among industry insiders that tariffs could force the secondary market, and continuation vehicles in particular, to recalibrate.

4 min read · 04 April 2025

Managers

Private equity reckons with Trump’s trade war

President Donald Trump’s tariff show is leaving the private equity industry with no choice but to factor the administration’s isolationist tendencies into their models.

9 min read · 03 April 2025

People

LPs feel ‘greater fear of retribution’ amid DEI pushback

LPs committed to diversity ‘will remain committed’ in the face of the fierce governmental anti-DEI push, an issue of acute interest for women in private equity.

5 min read · 31 March 2025

Financial Services

Beth Holzberger, State of Wisconsin Investment Board: Women in Private Equity 2025

When she was hired, SWIB only committed 5% of its AUM to private equity. Today, under the guidance of Holzberger and her colleagues, this figure has grown to 20%.

3 min read · 31 March 2025

Managers

Arizona pension plan raises PE target allocation as it looks to capitalize on market

The decision to raise the target allocation was attributable to both the fund’s existing private equity allocation and in anticipation of a more favorable investment environment, according to the pension fund’s private equity adviser, NEPC.

2 min read · 26 March 2025

Managers

Ventura County accelerates PE pacing despite 'macroeconomic uncertainty'

The fund expects to commit an average of $345m per year to private equity over the next five years, according to board documents.

3 min read · 25 March 2025

Managers

Municipal pension fund pauses PE commitments amid liquidity woes

A review of the pension’s portfolio found much of its 'private equity' portfolio was not in corporate buyouts.

3 min read · 18 March 2025

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