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VicSuper appoints new CIOThe $12.6bn Australian super fund revised its allocation to alternatives, from 13.5% to 15.8% in May.
- BlackRock consortium in $300m Korea deal
The firm’s private equity arm joins a fundraising round by South Korea’s largest online retailer Coupang
- Maine loses head of alternatives
Ned Creedon has left MainePERS to join the University of Illinois Foundation as its head of private investments.
- Huntsman Gay hires Bain exec to head IR
Ben Thorndike was hired from Bain Capital as managing director and head of investor relations. Thorndike was director of IR at Bain.
- New York ploughs $150m into PPIP funds
Invesco and Oaktree have secured commitments from the $126bn New York State Common Retirement Fund. The pension also committed $160m to four private equity funds.
- Maryland bets big on PPIP funds
The pension has been one of the most active investors this year and plans to remain active in 2010.
- AMERICAS NEWS: PPIP wiggle room
Marathon Asset Management is the latest manager to hold a first close on its PPIP fund. PERE Magazine December 2009-January 2010 issue.
- Maryland commits almost $1bn to private equity
The pension made a host of private equity and real estate commitments in the fourth quarter, and plans on staying active in 2010, said Mansco Perry, Maryland's CIO.
- TCW public-private fund frozen by US government
The departure of TCW’s chief investment officer Jeffrey Gundlach has triggered a key man clause in its PPIP fund, according to the US Treasury.
- RLJ: PPIP will help achieve ‘price discovery’
The founder of RLJ Companies, Robert Johnson, says the US bailout programme will help establish a market price for real estate-related securities – and potentially for banks’ other real estate assets. "It’s not a total panacea but it will help banks that are trying to find market pricing."