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UBS: How secondaries are contributing to the democratisation of PEThe liquidity offered by the secondaries market has a critical role to play in opening up the asset class to a new set of investors, say UBS Asset Management’s Jochen Mende and Tanja von Ehrlich.
Side Letter: PE's LGBT+ efforts; Japan IR vet departs; KKR's new officeA look at how some of PE's biggest firms are tackling LGBT+ issues. Plus: A Japanese IR veteran has departed and KKR has a permanent eye on the Nordics. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
CEPRES snaps up ex-UBS global head of PE – exclusiveMarc Dellmann left the Swiss bank in November following a restructuring of its real estate and private markets businesses.
Chikyoren names new manager for domestic PEThe Japanese pension fund has selected Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as its second external manager to handle its local private equity mandate.
Cipio closes Fund VII above target – exclusiveThe €174 million direct secondaries fund has already made three investments.
- UBS: Asia LPs continue outbound push
Asian investors are increasingly favouring US and European investments over their home markets as liquidity in the region is still deemed an issue, according to Markus Benzler, UBS’s multi-manager head.
- Chikyoren picks local PE manager
The Japanese pension fund appoints a manager to explore local PE opportunities.
- Chikyoren selects Mitsubishi UFJ as domestic PE manager
Mitsubishi UFJ was also hired by the Tokyo-based pension fund last year to manage its second global infrastructure allocation.
- EQT raises €1.6bn
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- Japan’s Chikyoren sets 5% ceiling for alternatives
The Japanese pension fund could invest over $9bn in private equity, real estate and infrastructure, following the lead of pension giant the Government Pension Investment Fund.