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The ‘trouble’ with preferential treatmentFund managers have a delicate balance to strike with their investor base as some LPs are getting hot and bothered over larger institutions securing special terms.
- Secondaries Special: Crowding the market
New entrants to the private equity secondary market are attracting talent and capital that was previously the sole preserve of dedicated secondaries investors. Graham Winfrey reports
- Secondaries Special: Going up a gear
Many secondaries specialists are reluctant to use leverage to boost returns – but AXA Private Equity, perhaps the most active firm in the current market, has no such qualms. Sam Sutton finds out why
- Florida pledges $800m to buyout, debt funds
The $157bn system committed a total of $1.25bn across alternative investments during the third quarter of 2012.
- LACERS builds new relationships
The $10.8bn pension system has made first-time commitments to four managers since June as it works to diversify its portfolio and shift exposure from large-cap funds to small and mid-sized funds.
- Rhode Island gets on board EnCap’s latest fund
The state’s investment commission approved committing $20m to EnCap’s Fund IX, which is targeting $4.25bn and already has the support of several public systems in the US.
- Hamilton Lane hits $215m on Fund VIII
Hamilton Lane has cleared the halfway point on its $400m target for Hamilton Lane Private Equity Fund VIII, according to SEC filings.
- Asian GPs firm on fee and carry
Asian GPs tend to hold firm on fee terms and carry more often than their counterparts in the US and Europe, but LPs are asking more questions than before, delegates heard at the PE Asia CFO & COO Conference in Hong Kong.
- Louisiana picks Coller for secondaries
Coller Capital will manage the $9.3bn state workers retirement system’s $100m mandate to buy assets on the secondaries market.
- Hirsch: LPs want to see GPs get rich on carry
The CIO of Hamilton Lane recently appeared on CNBC and offered a wide-ranging defense of the industry, including the idea that public pension systems are main beneficiaries of the asset class.