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Brookfield expects impact strategy to grow to $100bn

The firm's Global Transition Fund will invest in assets that will move the economy towards net-zero, including renewables, industrial businesses and infrastructure.

2 min read · 12 November 2020

New Mexico SIC approves $100m commitment

The US sovereign wealth fund has backed a Europe-focused private equity fund.

1 min read · 12 November 2020

British Patient Capital approves £15m commitment

The UK government-backed investor has invested in an early-stage private equity fund.

1 min read · 12 November 2020

Church of England Pension: Private markets are behind public markets on climate change

Climate initiatives by GPs tend to be about sharing good practice rather than systemic assessments across the portfolios, says Stephen Barrie, the pension's deputy director of ethics and engagement.

2 min read · 12 November 2020

Side Letter: Pandemic lessons in responsibility, Vista LP withdrawal, Moonfare move

Four lessons that private equity firms learned during the pandemic. Plus: An LP backs out of a Vista fund; Moonfare taps UBS and bfinance for new hires; Dyal ups its stakes; the largest firm you have never heard of; and more. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 12 November 2020

Performance Watch: How Blackstone's PE vehicles fared in Q3 2020

We examine Blackstone's corporate private equity funds in the latest instalment of PEI's Performance Watch series.

1 min read · 12 November 2020

China Merchants Capital: The largest PE firm you’ve never heard of

Shenzhen’s China Merchants Capital oversees more than $41bn of private equity, infra and real estate AUM and has ambitions to increase this more than threefold.

5 min read · 12 November 2020

New Mexico ERB yanks $100m commitment to Vista credit fund

CIO Bob Jacksha declined to confirm whether or not the decision was due to Vista founder Robert Smith's recent non-prosecution agreement with the federal government.

2 min read · 11 November 2020

CalPERS shows new love for secondaries with checks for AlpInvest and Ardian

The pension has written a $500 million check for AlpInvest Secondaries Program VII, just months after committing $300 million to Ardian's ASF VIII.

2 min read · 11 November 2020

SFERS approves $105m in commitments

The US public pension has backed two private equity funds.

1 min read · 11 November 2020

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