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CDPQ invests record $7.9bn in 2019, as PE strategy continues shift to directs

Following a significant re-weighting of CDPQ's private equity portfolio, direct investing represents more than three-quarters of all activity.

3 min read · 26 February 2020

China’s CBC expands into private credit via healthcare fund – exclusive

Deal sourcing will be led by Peng Fu, a former MD at Chinese investment manager Fosun, according to an investor email seen by PEI.

2 min read · 26 February 2020

Alaska Permanent fields spin-out offers for alts unit

The $68bn investor has received 'unsolicited proposals' to partially outsource and invest its alternative asset investment unit.

2 min read · 20 February 2020

AP6's Foller: Carbon data is just one piece of the puzzle

Anna Foller, sustainability manager at the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, talks us through the fund’s response to climate change.

3 min read · 20 February 2020

Keeping faith with responsible investing

The Church of England's deputy director of ethics at its pension board, Stephen Barrie, insists that GPs should have the capacity to analyse, understand and act on ESG data.

6 min read · 19 February 2020

The future leaders of private equity 2020 – nominate them now

Who will shape the industry over the next decade? Let us know for our annual Future 40 list.

2 min read · 18 February 2020

CalSTRS plans to hike private equity allocation

The $254bn pension will slowly raise the allocation in a series of 'steps' but will not commit to a hard timeline for the process.

3 min read · 07 February 2020

Temasek: 'Increasingly GPs are competing with us'

Others are aping the firm's strategy of holding minority position for a long time, said head of PE fund investments Benoit Valentin.

2 min read · 06 February 2020

LPs to CFOs: ‘We do use your data’

Managers often complain that LPs ask for data but don’t do anything with it; investors say this is not the case.

3 min read · 04 February 2020

UK pension giant opens private markets portfolio to DC members

The move will enable roughly 85,000 DC members, representing around £1bn of funds, to select a private markets allocation within their investment programme.

2 min read · 23 January 2020

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