Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan (GPIF) related stories
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GPIF's PE portfolio climbs 26% despite 'challenging' environmentThe $1.8trn pension saw its PE portfolio grow by around $1.4bn year-on-year, per its latest annual report.
Side Letter: A giant departsOne of Japan's best-known and most-influential LPs is on the move; blurred investment lines could benefit mega-shops; what private capital wants from UK regulators.
Meet Japan’s next generation of emerging managersFrom Japan Post Bank’s former private equity head to a buyout shop delivering 4.4x, PEI presents a rundown of seven managers you should probably get to know.
Impact investing finds new centres of gravityWith fundraising in the doldrums and US LPs backing away, impact-focused GPs must look elsewhere for capital.
Side Letter: PIK-ing a winnerWhy payment-in-kind interest is sometimes unfairly maligned. Plus: Partners Group is understood to be on track for a record year of secondaries deployment. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
How Mitsubishi UFJ’s pension clients are thinking about private equity in 2025Some Japanese pensions are 'stopping re-ups' due to private equity's exit drought, research executive Manami Akita tells PEI.
Side Letter: Equistone's fund splitEquistone splits out its regional strategies and fundraises. Plus: New Mountain appears to be embracing private wealth and secondaries simultaneously. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: LACERS' performance envyLACERS believes private markets could cure what ails its underwhelming returns. Plus: Secondaries musical chairs continue apace with a Jefferies to Moelis move; and Carlyle has a new APAC wealth head. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Japan’s GPIF sees PE holdings rocket by nearly 50%The $1.53trn pension's PE portfolio has recorded an 18.08% IRR since inception, according to its latest annual report.
Side Letter: PE's largest investors revealedThere's a new investor atop our proprietary GI 150 ranking. Plus: Tenzing reaches a new summit; and Ardian wants to partner with GPs to the tune of $3.2 billion. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.