Limited Partners

LPs are going to ask more of their managers when it comes to data gathering and reporting, the PEI Responsible Investment Forum in Berlin heard.

Harvard Management Company and University of Virginia have both admitted to being disappointed with their endowment returns following a challenging period for such investors.

Limited partners are increasing the pressure on fund managers to disclose more about the risks portfolio companies face from climate change, the PEI Responsible Investment Forum heard on Wednesday.

The proportion of insurers planning to increase their allocation to private equity fell by around one-third, according to the world's largest asset manager.

Dedicated teams that can leverage the reputation, infrastructure and relationships of their parent firm ‘can be quite powerful’, a conference has heard.

Tokihiko Shimizu, head of private markets at the $1.9trn investor, offers his views on its investment strategy as global and Japanese LPs move more aggressively into the asset class, and the role the bank hopes to play in stimulating the domestic market.

As head of the private equity team at Stonehage Fleming, Richard Clarke-Jervoise knows a thing or two about how to attract private wealth to the asset class.

Brady Hyde, private equity portfolio manager at the world's largest package delivery company, is banking on active portfolio management as the firm joins the ranks of LPs doing more direct investing.

Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the market to sink, but forecasting when it will happen is tricky.

Solid growth in the fund’s agriculture and infrastructure PE holdings helped drive net profit of $44m.