Private Equity

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New Year’s resolution: vote in the PEI Awards!

Voting remains open for one more week, so why not make your views known.

1 min read · 16 December 2016

QIC: Innovation is a big influence on returns

Asian consumption trends remain a key growth driver of QIC’s PE portfolio, says head of global private equity Marcus Simpson.

4 min read · 16 December 2016

Predictions revisited

At the end of last year we made five predictions for 2016; let’s see how we did…

3 min read · 15 December 2016

Private equity has ‘structural shortcomings’ for families

Multiple fee layers, high minimum investment tickets and a painful J-curve have deterred many wealthy families from investing in the asset class, says Richard Clarke-Jervoise, a partner at Stonehage Fleming.

2 min read · 15 December 2016

OPIC: impact demand vastly exceeds our ability to serve it

<span class="ITALIC">Elizabeth Littlefield, the CEO of the US government’s development finance institution, discusses OPIC’s impact investing tracking system and its interest in venture capital and renewable energy.</span>

4 min read · 14 December 2016

Texas Municipal falls short of 2016 pacing target

The Texas Municipal Retirement System approved nearly $380m for private equity commitments so far this year, short of its $600m target.

2 min read · 13 December 2016

PEI Awards: Keep the votes coming!

Our highly popular annual awards have got off to a flying start, with nearly 2,000 respondents making their views known at the time of writing.

1 min read · 13 December 2016

Private equity arrives in Afghanistan

Two government-backed investors have committed capital to InFrontier, Afghanistan's first private equity fund.

1 min read · 13 December 2016

WashU CIO steps down

After 10 years at Washington University of St. Louis, Kimberly Walker is leaving the $7.7bn endowment, which has $1.4bn in private equity.

1 min read · 12 December 2016

Iowa pension sets $800m for PE in 2017

The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System is keeping its $800m annual commitment level to private equity, which it raised from $700m in 2015.

2 min read · 12 December 2016

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