Private Equity
The $50.6bn retirement system set goals to commit up to $1bn to private equity and $700m to alternative fixed income, according to MassPRIM documents.
1 min read · 22 January 2014
The financial services giant hired AIG executive Jackie Jenkins last year to lead the alternatives team, and is looking for someone to focus on the $3bn private equity portfolio.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Market weighted risk contribution portfolios offer a solution to many of the drawbacks of standard asset allocation models, write Philippe Jost and Ivan Herger
7 min read · 22 January 2014
Shelley Zoler, one of a group of senior-level private equity executives to have left TIAA-CREF in recent years, has found a home at boutique investment bank Bentley Associates.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Southern Europe continues to face huge economic challenges – challenges so great that they may yet bring down the entire Eurozone. But although investing within the region is more difficult than ever before, local managers say there are still good deals to be found
9 min read · 22 January 2014
The French firm launched its third aerospace-focused vehicle in late January in a bid to support the country’s high-tech SMEs and prepare the sector for further internationalisation.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The Dutch pension administrator has brought on Greg Jania as head of private equity fund investments as it builds up its internal private equity capabilities.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The New York State Teachers' Retirement System has moved its former head of real estate, John Virtanen, into the top role within the private equity programme.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary has led LPs to question their investments in guns and private equity-backed gun makers
4 min read · 22 January 2014
<p>The $57.9bn pension will also implement its debut co-investment programme.</p>
2 min read · 22 January 2014
