Limited Partners

PEI analysis exposes the immense variety in benchmarking approaches from 20 of private equity's largest investors.

CalPERS posts a 17 percent PE return; Ardian closes a CV on a 2.5-year-old asset; Asante taps Evercore for its secondaries build-out.

UK pension schemes’ shift towards private markets is supported by policy, regulation and infrastructure, but the pace will depend on fee mechanics and closing the growth capital gap, according to senior execs at Schroders.

The institution aims to increase its allocations to AI-focused investments, private credit and core-plus infrastructure assets by March 2031.

Rest’s new head of private markets Marina Pasika tells PEI the pension is raising its private markets exposure, with a particular focus on PE and infrastructure.

The manager of Novo Nordisk Foundation’s $36bn of investments is expanding its planetary health portfolio and mulling carving out an allocation for private equity GPs to run, according to partner Aleks Engel.

A $67bn pension is hunting for software bargains; CVC nearly doubles its mid-market target; How much transparency is too much transparency?

The $1.8trn pension saw its PE portfolio grow by around $1.4bn year-on-year, per its latest annual report.

China’s private equity reset could yield a more disciplined opportunity set for LPs who retain conviction in the market.