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Side Letter: China's PE pivot; SoftBank's $10bn loss; NYSTRS turns sellerPrivate equity firms are tweaking their China strategies in the wake of the country's latest regulatory crackdown. Plus: SoftBank's Vision Fund has posted a $10.3 billion loss and NYSTRS is shopping a $2.6 billion PE portfolio. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Five Chinese GPs you should knowWith regulatory, geopolitical and travel-related headwinds threatening western appetites for Chinese private equity firms, knowing which one to pick is more important than ever.
NYSTRS confirms $904m in commitmentsThe US public pension backed five private equity funds in commitments worth nearly $1bn in Q1 2021.
Side Letter: Meet Canada's hungriest LP, Apollo seeks satisfactionCanada's hungriest pension may face an uphill climb scaling its PE business. Plus: Apollo admits its response to Dechert's Epstein investigation may not satisfy the firm’s entire investor base and a Providence spin-out has closed its debut Europe fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
NYSTRS confirms $375m in Q4 2020 commitmentsThe US public pension has confirmed its final private equity commitments signed off in 2020.
NYSTRS approves $200m commitmentThe US public pension has backed a North American and European-focused fund.
Side Letter: PEI Awards 2020; moral secondaries sales; PE to les massesSecured a 7x exit despite the pandemic? Raised a fund in record time amid global travel restrictions? Tell us who to shortlist in our latest annual awards, which launched Friday. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Chinese GPs await an uncertain future with US public pensionsDeteriorating relations have prompted concerns in Asia that US public pensions will have a reduced appetite for Chinese private equity – fears which may be unfounded.
NYSTRS confirms $1.32bn in commitmentsThe US public pension has backed 10 vehicles in its latest round of PE commitments.
Side Letter: Blackstone valuations, CPPIB's sustainability shift, deceptive dataCPPIB, the biggest private equity investor in the world according to our Global Investor 100, is going further on ESG. It won't be the only institution doing so, says a bfinance survey. Plus more on a topic as old as PE itself: problems with performance calculation.