Asia-Pacific

The power of the global M&A market increasingly hinges on the presence of mega-deals.

Korean Teachers' Credit Union looks to commit 100bn won to domestic blind-pool funds.

The institution aims to increase its allocations to AI-focused investments, private credit and core-plus infrastructure assets by March 2031.

In today's edition, LPs without VC allocations could be overexposed to the past, says LGT; KKR's Arctos capitalises on GP illiquidity; An IPO bonanza could spell good news for VC exits.

Rest’s new head of private markets Marina Pasika tells PEI the pension is raising its private markets exposure, with a particular focus on PE and infrastructure.

The manager of Novo Nordisk Foundation’s $36bn of investments is expanding its planetary health portfolio and mulling carving out an allocation for private equity GPs to run, according to partner Aleks Engel.

The private equity model isn’t broken, but the illusion of uniform success is, writes Scott Hart, partner and chief executive at StepStone Group.

A $67bn pension is hunting for software bargains; CVC nearly doubles its mid-market target; How much transparency is too much transparency?

The $1.8trn pension saw its PE portfolio grow by around $1.4bn year-on-year, per its latest annual report.

China’s private equity reset could yield a more disciplined opportunity set for LPs who retain conviction in the market.