Private Equity

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Private equity and healthcare: a bitter pill to swallow?

Is the growth of private equity investment in US healthcare perpetuating health inequity?

10 min read · 30 April 2024

Blackstone's co-CIOs discuss what lies beyond its $1trn AUM

Shortly after reaching its long-time goal of $1trn in AUM, Blackstone ushered in Lionel Assant and Kenneth Caplan as co-CIOs. We sit down with the pair to discuss how the newly created role will aid the firm in its future growth.

10 min read · 03 April 2024

What's next for the UK mid-market?

With some managers looking offshore, and a general election on the horizon, the UK mid-market is undergoing something of an evolution.

10 min read · 05 March 2024

Turning an oil tanker: Alaska Perm tackles its private equity allocation

Allen Waldrop, director of private equity at Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, has been tasked with optimising the institution's exposure to PE.

10 min read · 01 February 2024

This Asian pension fund wants to triple its private equity exposure

Hazman Hilmi Sallahuddin, CIO of Malaysia's $39bn Kumpulan Wang Persaraan, tells PEI what exposure it wants to add to drive higher, more sustainable returns.

10 min read · 11 December 2023

Made to measure: how LPs are using SMAs to fine tune their portfolios

The additional control afforded by separately managed accounts could prove valuable at a time when LP cashflows are facing a strain.

10 min read · 01 November 2023

Deep Dive: Why alignment is Aware Super's 'North Star'

PEI spoke with Aware Super’s global head of private equity, Jenny Newmarch, about the pension’s appetite for emerging managers, increasing its direct investments, and the decision to open its first office outside of Australia in London.

10 min read · 03 October 2023

New York City Retirement Systems considers increasing its exposure to private markets

We spoke with NYCRS' CIO Steven Meier to find out whether private equity can hope to receive a bigger slice of the pie.

10 min read · 10 July 2023

Built to last: A sharp focus is Hg's key to success

The Japanese philosophy of kaizen – a constant focus on improvement – will be key to replicating software specialist Hg’s success over the coming decades

10 min read · 04 May 2023

In conversation with CPP Investments’ Suyi Kim

Tightening debt markets and a conservative attitude to valuations means CPP Investments is taking a measured approach to investing, Suyi Kim, global head of private equity at the pension giant, tells PEI.

9 min read · 03 April 2023

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