Pensions

In his first interview since becoming BCI's global head of private equity, Jon Salon tells Buyouts about the factors driving robust PE investing and distributions in 2025 and his plans for the strategy going forward.

Some of private equity’s biggest investors including CalPERS, IMAS Foundation and Aware Super share their best book and podcast recommendations for summer 2026.

Political vagaries are throwing a spanner in the works for PE defence strategies; the €1.6 billion European behemoth that wants to co-invest with GPs; General Atlantic's new love.

While the hot new portfolio model might not be for everyone, LPs may have to adapt or fall behind when it comes to total portfolio approach.

The pension fund has run a $4bn per year deficit and is hoping to remedy the cash drain with its new commitment plan.

This marks the first cut the pension has made to the asset class's target in more than 15 years.

LPs are increasingly concerned about tail-end assets; Virginia's $134bn state pension system is worried about GP selection; Apax's new IR hire.

The pension fund’s new strategy generated a 21.9% return over the past three years.

The man overseeing CalPERS' $250 billion alts portfolio; ILPA on evergreens alignment; secondaries investors not sassy on SaaS.

Anton Orlich, architect of the US pension giant's PE turnaround, will now also be responsible for its private credit, real estate, infrastructure and other alternative programmes.