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Side Letter: CalPERS' PE plans

Implementing a total portfolio approach will allow the US's largest public pension to put dollars to work where they're best used, says its head of PE. Plus: OMERS' new PE head has both IR and dealmaking skills and Oregon weighs up climate risk. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

6 min read · 17 March 2025

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners racks up $4.1bn for fourth fund

NHIP IV will target investments in transportation infrastructure, digital infrastructure, energy transition, and utilities.

1 min read · 17 March 2025

CalPERS' Orlich: PE portfolio will remain largely unchanged under TPA

In this 7-minute video from NEXUS 2025, the pension’s head of private equity discusses the impact of its planned total portfolio approach on its holdings and managers.

1 min read · 17 March 2025

NEXUS panelists: LPs sticking to core strengths in PE amid uncertainty

PE strategies haven’t deviated significantly as a reaction to geopolitics or market conditions, according to a trio of LPs who spoke at a NEXUS 2025 panel.

3 min read · 14 March 2025

Bd-capital wraps up sophomore fund at €430m

With the closing of Fund 2, bd-capital’s assets under management have increased to over €800 million.

1 min read · 14 March 2025

Mid-market firms need a 'right to win.' But most will fail: Ian Charles

General partners facing a bifurcated future for private equity need to think hard about what 'partnership' really means. 'If you're playing the old game, you're going to lose,' secondaries legend Ian Charles told NEXUS attendees.

4 min read · 14 March 2025

Advent spin-out BD-Capital nearly doubles amount raised for Fund 2

The €430m vehicle is 'the Fund 1 that we wanted to have had covid not happened', managing partner Richard Baker tells PEI.

3 min read · 14 March 2025

Avance, with fresh exits, targets $1bn for second fund

While first-time and emerging manager fundraising has dropped, LPs say they remain interested in backing new managers, especially as some of their long-term partners in the mid-market struggle to raise new money.

3 min read · 13 March 2025

Ex-65 Equity partner Alexander Fraser tapped to lead OMERS Private Equity

Fraser inherits an OMERS private equity strategy that is significantly altered from its prior exclusive focus on institutional direct investing, an approach the pension system pioneered.

2 min read · 13 March 2025

Side Letter: NEXUS 2025 dispatches – final day

The world has become quite a bit more complicated this week, as our NEXUS conference heard. Plus: Korea's largest public pension is adopting a more flexible approach to alternatives; and the sub line market is making a roaring return. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 13 March 2025

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