Private Equity
The US's largest public pension made $3.3bn of commitments to private equity in the 2016-17 fiscal year, down from $4bn the previous year, according to documents released this week.
1 min read · 09 November 2017
Chinese pensions are expected to make a push into alternatives with a 6% allocation by 2030, according to a report by Casey Quirk, a Deloitte-owned consultancy.
2 min read · 07 November 2017
LPs lacking knowledge of the market could drive up valuations, Jean Claude Bastos de Morais, chief executive of Quantum Global, tells PEI.
2 min read · 31 October 2017
The appointment comes as Canada's second biggest pension fund manager shifts towards direct investments.
1 min read · 30 October 2017
The Canadian pension wants to make more direct investments and find investment partners in the Asia-Pacific region.
2 min read · 27 October 2017
Impact investors can no longer go it alone. To make a real difference, they must connect with governments, NGOs and corporates to work towards a common goal.
2 min read · 25 October 2017
Private equity is a relatively new concept for Ghana’s pension funds, having only been authorised by the country’s National Pension Regulatory Authority on 1 April.
2 min read · 23 October 2017
The Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia wants to increase its exposure to private equity via the strategy in order to boost returns.
2 min read · 18 October 2017
The insurer's head of alternatives is a fan of private equity, but wants to put the capital to work on his own terms.
6 min read · 18 October 2017
The Apax and Bridges co-founder wants 100 pension funds and endowments to allocate 5-10 percent of their assets to impact investing.
2 min read · 17 October 2017
