Private Equity

Pensions

Michigan tilts toward mid-market buyout funds

The US pension has also acquired stakes in mid-market debt funds on the secondaries market, documents from its latest investment committee meeting show.

2 min read · 15 June 2017

AP7: ‘It’s impossible to time the cycle’

Per Olofsson, head of alternative investments at the Swedish pension fund, has concerns about the amount of capital flowing into private equity today.

2 min read · 12 June 2017

Oregon loses second PE investment officer this year

Sam Green’s 30 June exit from the $73bn pension will follow the departure of Andy Hayes, who joined First Avenue in January.

1 min read · 08 June 2017

Denmark to oversee pensions’ alternatives programmes

Inspections by the Danish financial services authorities will become more frequent following ‘concerns’ about the alternatives investment skills of pension funds.

2 min read · 07 June 2017

Florida boosts PE commitments for 2018

The $9bn pension, which is slightly overweight to private equity at 6.3% in actual allocation, plans to commit $1.8bn for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2018.

2 min read · 06 June 2017

CalSTRS further refines PE portfolio mix

The $207bn pension fund is proposing the addition of two new sub asset classes in its private equity portfolio.

2 min read · 02 June 2017

Texas Teachers lowers PE commitment plans for 2017

The $138bn pension fund sees high valuations in private equity as a continued challenge.

2 min read · 01 June 2017

Ham Lane raises ‘not your average’ fund of funds

The newly listed asset manager has pooled capital from nine Finnish LPs to invest in secondaries and large US and European buyout funds over a two-year period.

3 min read · 31 May 2017

Louisiana Teachers names new alternative manager

Duke Williams departed the state teachers’ pension, which has 12% of its assets in private equity, after nearly two years overseeing private markets and investment operations.

2 min read · 30 May 2017

APG’s CEO to join University of California

The Dutch pension manager is losing Eduard van Gelderen to the $10bn university system, where he will be senior managing director of public equities investments.

2 min read · 23 May 2017

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