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LP appetite for EM hits four-year high

More than one in three of respondents plan to increase their allocation to emerging markets as a proportion of their total portfolio, up from 29 percent last year.

1 min read · 07 June 2018

OTPP ‘battening down’ portfolio companies to prepare for next downturn

The $147bn pension manager is making sure its direct investments have the ‘right management and covenant-lite financing facilities’, as it anticipates the next downturn, says Ontario Teachers’ director of funds.

2 min read · 07 June 2018

LP shift to direct investing puts pressure on talent supply

A majority of LPs find recruitment and internal resource constraints to be significant barriers to improving PE returns, according to Coller Capital's latest survey.

3 min read · 05 June 2018

LPs see ‘gold rush’ in China VC

Continued investor focus on the strategy means costly valuations, resulting in median returns, say Asia-based LPs.

2 min read · 05 June 2018

Japan Post Bank's alternatives investment target in three charts

The $1.9trn financial services group expects to allocate up to $20bn to private equity within the next three years.

1 min read · 05 June 2018

Coller: LP appetite for GP stakes ‘disproportionately large’

Almost 40% of LPs have already invested or will consider investing in funds that take stakes in GPs, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer.

2 min read · 03 June 2018

SEI on how to meet operational challenges

GPs must offer investors a more personal experience if they want to maintain a competitive advantage, say Jim Cass and Rich Harland of SEI.

8 min read · 31 May 2018

Korea Post allots $600m for overseas mid-market managers

The $112bn investor has issued a call for applications for overseas mid-market buyout managers.

2 min read · 31 May 2018

CalSTRS’ Ailman: ‘Large funds will bifurcate the market’

Chief investment officer Chris Ailman says in this two-minute video that larger funds – disruptors in private equity – will change the way the industry operates.

2 min read · 30 May 2018

Three things to know about Japan Post Bank’s $78bn alternatives investment target

The $1.9trn Japanese investor is expanding its exposure to alternatives investments, including direct lending funds and real estate debt funds.

3 min read · 29 May 2018

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