Private Equity

Pensions

CalPERS’ Kim: ‘Imagine if PE-backed companies reported different profitability metrics’

The US pension’s lead PE director told conference delegates that unstandardised reporting holds back ESG as a tool for risk assessment.

2 min read · 04 March 2022

CDPQ, OMERS prosper in last year’s red-hot PE deal market

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec reported earning a one-year net return of 39.2% from its PE investments in 2021, while OMERS reported a one-year net return of 25.8%.

3 min read · 01 March 2022

'We negotiated rights and never used them' – Connecticut pension

The US pension wants to utilise co-investment opportunities and seeks to deploy nearly $1.28bn via the strategy over the next three years.

3 min read · 01 March 2022

LP deals are reclaiming the secondaries throne

GP-led deals dominated H1 2021. But buyer appetite since then is a reminder that LP portfolio sales are the market’s bread and butter.

3 min read · 01 March 2022

Who is CalPERS' new CIO?

Nicole Musicco, an OTPP veteran, brings a track record of direct investing to the Californian pension looking to increase its exposure to the area.

3 min read · 23 February 2022

'Systematic work' on PE portfolio pays off for Finland’s Keva

Private equity is the best-performing asset class for the €67bn Finnish pension fund, which says it is challenging 'old business models'.

2 min read · 21 February 2022

CalPERS eyes another $10bn-plus to private equity as it works towards its target

The US's largest public pension deployed $12.3bn to PE last year, its second straight year of $10bn-plus deployment.

2 min read · 15 February 2022

Australia’s Cbus to embrace overseas co-investments as PE appetite builds

The roughly $46bn construction pension expects to increase its 2% strategic asset allocation as part of a portfolio-wide review that will conclude in June.

4 min read · 15 February 2022

In surge of traditional LP sales, Shell pension shops ~$1.3bn PE portfolio

The sale is one of several that hit the market since the second half of 2021, when traditional LP portfolio sales came surging back into the market.

2 min read · 31 January 2022

CalPERS' Kim: many LPs 'endeavor to build in-house co-investment capability'

The inability of many LPs to execute, despite their interest in co-investment, has left GPs frustrated, says the pension's investment director Yup Kim.

3 min read · 28 January 2022

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