Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) related stories
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Trends of the Year: LPs going directFrom sovereign wealth funds to family offices, limited partners bulked up direct investment teams and made large purchases in 2017.
Perspectives 2018: ESG rises up the LP agendaInvestors are placing increasing emphasis on environmental, social and governance factors in due diligence, our LP survey suggests.
USS staffs up to hunt for ‘low risk’ PE assetsThe £60bn UK pension fund believes it can deliver ‘deliver superior after-cost risk-adjusted returns’ by going direct.
7 ESG insights from the Responsible Investing ForumLPs are going to ask more of their managers when it comes to data gathering and reporting, the PEI Responsible Investment Forum in Berlin heard.
Ardian picks up part of USS’s $1bn portfolioEvercore ran a limited process targeting a handful of secondaries buyers for USS in the second half of 2015, which was tapping the market as part of a rebalancing of its private equity exposure.
- CVC acquires minority stake in Moto Group
CVC has announced the second investment from its longer term Strategic Opportunities Fund in three days.
- Breaking through the barrier
After a lacklustre 2009, the secondaries market is marking a return to (booming) business as usual.
- UK pension beefs up private equity staff
The second-largest pension fund in the UK is increasing its headcount as it seeks to grow its private equity allocation.
- UK pension commits $750m to US start-up fund
A fund led by former Standard Life executives has signed a strategic relationship with USS, a relatively recent entrant to the asset class.
- USS invests $200m in Partners Group
USS makes a $200 million (€149 million) investment in Partners Group’s new hedge fund of funds strategy that is being replicated by other large financial houses.