Private Equity

Pensions

Dallas Police & Fire shops $614m mixed portfolio

The troubled pension was expected to approve the sale, which includes private equity and real assets stakes, on Thursday.

1 min read · 09 December 2016

OMERS PE seals first European exit

The Canadian pension will be reinvesting in V Group alongside global buyout house Advent International.

3 min read · 05 December 2016

Massachusetts PRIM releases 5-year carry data

PRIM, which has been building on its co-investment programme to cut fees and carry, has steadily reduced carried interest expenses in the past few years.

2 min read · 01 December 2016

Reassuringly expensive

Half a billion dollars of carry may seem like a lot for a public pension to pay external managers, but while CalPERS’ direct investment portfolio has performed well since inception, returns data available for the past 10 years suggest it would be better off sticking with GPs.<br />

3 min read · 17 November 2016

Nordic roundtable: A chill in the air

Excess liquidity is making it harder and harder to put capital to work in the Nordics, and the region is bracing for more headwinds.

10 min read · 16 November 2016

CPPIB’s PE portfolio inches up to C$61.3bn

The Canadian pension fund’s private equity portfolio had been steadily increasing, marking a 5% quarterly increase in its fiscal second quarter ended 30 September.

2 min read · 14 November 2016

ATP appoints new chief executive

Christian Hyldahl, Nordea’s head of asset management, will take the helm at the Danish pension at the beginning of next year.

1 min read · 31 October 2016

Texas TRS sees highest PE returns among US pensions

Teacher Retirement System of Texas moved up one spot from last year’s AIC annual public pension fund analysis, which ranks the top performing public pensions’ PE portfolios.

3 min read · 27 October 2016

Connecticut names deputy CIO after year-long vacancy

The Connecticut system of pension funds, which allocates 9.2% of its $30bn in assets to private equity, named Laurie Martin deputy CIO to replace Deborah Spalding, who became CIO in July 2015.

2 min read · 14 October 2016

Kenyan firm looks to raise $40m from local LPs

Fanisi Capital is targeting $75-$100m for its second fund, which will invest across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

2 min read · 12 October 2016

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