Private Equity

Pensions

USS staffs up to hunt for ‘low risk’ PE assets

The £60bn UK pension fund believes it can deliver ‘deliver superior after-cost risk-adjusted returns’ by going direct.

2 min read · 16 October 2017

Orchid Asia to hold $900m ‘one and done’ on Fund VII

Details of the Asia-focused fund's strategy and terms were revealed in documents prepared for Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System.

2 min read · 11 October 2017

Impact investing yet to take off in Korea

Despite commitment to the impending Stewardship Code, Korean institutional investors are still working out how to incorporate ESG into their portfolios, the CIO of POBA tells PEI.

2 min read · 11 October 2017

PGGM appoints chairman as CEO

Just months into his tenure as chairman of the supervisory board, Edwin Velzel has been asked to take over from outgoing chief executive Else Bos.

2 min read · 10 October 2017

Twenty more LPs adopt ILPA template

Several occupational pensions have endorsed the template, which has also been automated in partnership with SS&C Advent.

2 min read · 05 October 2017

Malaysia’s EPF to up shariah-compliant investments

The Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia plans to invest more in shariah-compliant private equity funds as is assets increase to $180bn.

2 min read · 04 October 2017

Chikyoren names new manager for domestic PE

The Japanese pension fund has selected Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as its second external manager to handle its local private equity mandate.

1 min read · 03 October 2017

PSERS lowers private markets allocation target

The $53bn US pension has raised its credit investments target against a drop in its real estate and private markets allocations, which includes private equity investments.

1 min read · 27 September 2017

Hostplus backs Aus-China venture fund

The superannuation fund has made a $40m commitment to venture firm Artesian's China fund.

2 min read · 21 September 2017

Norway GPFG: Better late than never

Norway’s giant Government Pension Fund Global is wrong to think it is too big and too late for PE.

3 min read · 07 September 2017

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