Private Equity

Pensions

PSP distressed debt hire driven by GP demand

The Canadian retirement plan’s new hire oversaw investments in the debt of an Indiana toll road operator and Puerto Rico.

2 min read · 28 August 2018

Santa Barbara's PE portfolio in five charts

The $3bn fund is increasing its private equity activity after raising its target allocation to 10% from 7% in 2016.

1 min read · 23 August 2018

What's driving LP performance?

From geography to commitment size, the key factors behind returns at 11 top-performing US public pensions have been analysed.

3 min read · 20 August 2018

LACERS' appetite for emerging managers in three charts

Emerging managers accounted for 3.9% of the investor's $1.7bn private equity portfolio as of 31 December, compared with 5.1% of its private real estate programme.

1 min read · 20 August 2018

CalPERS board gives go-ahead for PE policy revamp

The pension has changed the way it calculates investment limits and eliminated the category of 'direct investments'.

2 min read · 16 August 2018

The rise of individual investors: defined contribution products

Incorporating private equity into defined contribution pension plans has proven a real test of the industry's imagination and will.

4 min read · 14 August 2018

Finland's Keva earmarks investment capital to plug spending gap

Private equity was the pension's best asset class in the first half and could play a key role in filling the income shortfall.

2 min read · 13 August 2018

Secular trends drive PSP's entertainment investment debut

The Canadian pension has teamed up with Investcorp to invest in UTA in a deal valuing the talent agency at up to $800m.

4 min read · 08 August 2018

Korea’s NPS seeks alternatives managers for $1.9bn domestic mandates

The world’s third-largest public pension fund will also accept foreign GPs’ proposals if they have a presence in Korea.

2 min read · 08 August 2018

The state of CalPERS' PE programme in five charts

CalPERS is due to identify a new CIO next month, so PEI's interactive charts outline what he or she is on course to inherit.

1 min read · 07 August 2018

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