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Deep Dive: The evolving placement agent landscapeHow are placement agents responding to private equity’s woes, and what do investors think they could be doing better?
MEAG-Warburg Pincus deal marks further shift in LP demand for defenceUS managers are increasingly looking to apply their expertise in Europe as appetite for defence investment spreads in the region.
GPs discuss valuation challenges as regulatory scrutiny risesWith market watchdogs looking more closely at private asset pricing, Private Equity International spoke to managers of semi-liquid funds about their valuation methods.
This portfolio approach could prove a catalyst for LPs' PE exposuresThe biggest public pension in the US is considering a more holistic investment strategy – one others may follow.
Asset management giants grow alts businessesThe 500 largest fund managers held $2.5trn of alternative AUM at the end of last year, up 5% from 2015, according to the P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 500.
Willis Towers: PE assets reached $695bn in 2016Direct private equity and private equity funds of funds accounted for almost a third of the total AUM of the world’s largest alternative asset managers.
- Pantheon’s DC strategy seeks better fee alignment
The firm, one of a few in private equity making efforts to tap the defined contribution market, is doing away with the traditional 2/20 private equity fee model for DC retirement plans.
Pension savers missing out on PE boost - studyPantheon, which conducted the study, is one of the private equity firms looking to tap the growing defined contribution pension market.
- Marvel at DC
Partners Group has launched what it describes as the first private markets fund designed for UK defined contribution pension schemes. Other firms will likely follow.
- Study: Global alternative AUM reaches $6.3 trillion
Private equity fund managers oversee $767 billion globally, behind real estate and hedge funds