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Meet the biggest investors in private equity – the Global Investor 150LPs continue to allocate record amounts of capital to the asset class, with Temasek retaining its title as the largest institution on the Global Investor 150 ranking.
Pacific Equity Partners on life after lockdownPacific Equity Partners managing director Tony Duthie talks economic recovery and portfolio resilience
Side Letter: Covid-19 updates, Aussie super mergers, LP relations in a crisisAustralian pension funds are merging for the sake of scale; what are the implications for managers? Also: here are the questions we want to answer in the coming days and weeks. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
OPTrust to boost directs, co-investments in 2017The Ontario pension’s private equity portfolio returned 20.6% net IRR last year, far above the overall 6% return.
- LP Radar - October 2015
See the latest PE LP updates, including allocation changes and people moves.
- OPTrust names former Manulife exec as CIO
Alex Macdonald, a former executive vice president at Canadian insurance company Manulife, will replace OPTrust’s retiring chief investor Morgan Eastman.
- OPTrust opens Sydney office
The $13.7 billion Canadian pension fund plans to invest $600m in Asian private equity and infrastructure over the next few years.
- Camcor closes C$350m energy fund
The Calgary-based firm, which focuses on upstream exploration and production opportunities in Canada, has sought to diversify its investor base by raising a vehicle nearly twice the size of its predecessor.
- OPTrust private equity returns 20.5%
The C$14.7bn pension has plans to grow its private equity allocation from 4.5% to 15% during the next few years.
- OPTrust grows private equity
The $14bn pension system has hired TD Bank's William Hatanaka (pictured) following the departure of CEO Stephen Griggs in April. OPTrust is increasing its private equity allocation from 4% to 15%.