Private Equity
Wylie Tollette’s tenure as COIO at the $340bn California pension fund has not been without controversy.
3 min read · 12 December 2017
There were a few surprises this year, mostly driven by large alternative asset managers such as KKR announcing their succession plans.
2 min read · 07 December 2017
The world’s largest pension fund has hired Sony Computer Science Laboratories to look into incorporating artificial intelligence in its investment operations.
2 min read · 05 December 2017
The sale is at least the second between the Universities Superannuation Scheme and the investment firm as the UK pension faces a growing liabilities deficit.
1 min read · 04 December 2017
Rhône's network of US investors could be useful for the French firm, which is likely to come back to market in 2018.
2 min read · 29 November 2017
The giant Canadian pension, which just signed a sizeable growth investment in the insurance sector, is feeling ‘cautious’ amid sky-high valuations.
2 min read · 23 November 2017
Sanjeev Phakey, an investment manager who has spent the last six years at one of the UK's largest pension funds, joins to focus on fund and co-investments.
1 min read · 23 November 2017
The $96.1bn pension plan has not made any new real estate, private equity or credit commitments since the start of the year, while seeing a steady exit of investment staff.
4 min read · 16 November 2017
CalPERS is reviewing its strategy of consolidating PE commitments into fewer managers. What will that mean for the industry?
3 min read · 16 November 2017
The sovereign wealth fund has committed more than $1.2bn to the strategy of taking stakes in managers over the past three years.
3 min read · 15 November 2017
