Finnfund

Investors can use an array of tools to mitigate the impact of geopolitical risk, including manager selection, exposure limits and even fund documentation.

The world's largest pension fund reckons there's a better way to measure private equity performance relative to traditional assets. Plus: Houston Firefighters' PE allocation stands at one-third of total assets; and secondaries buyers are urging caution in China. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The firm aims to reach its new $300m hard-cap by September and seeks to capitalise on previously inaccessible opportunities in the country, says chief executive Lenna Koszarny.

The SEC is proposing big changes to how the private equity industry operates. Plus: Inside CalPERS' pivot to co-investments and customised accounts and a look at PE's progress when it comes to woman and minority-owned firms in the US. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The pandemic arrived after a promising year for African private equity, but the industry has readied itself to rise to the challenges of the covid era.

The UK government-owned development finance institution has pledged capital to two funds addressing climate change and energy efficiency in some of the world’s poorest countries.

CDC and Norfund are among a group of LPs that want to ensure ‘the next generation of emerging market private equity funds are raised on terms that reflect the principles’.

The Tchenguiz family, along with three international development funds are the cornerstone investors in The Evolution One Fund, which has raised 40 percent of its targeted R1bn total.