Private Equity

North America

LPs boost 2019 PE allocations to accommodate choice funds

Employees’ Retirement System of Texas and Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana are already over-allocated to private equity.

2 min read · 29 May 2019

PSERS postpones vote on US buyout fund over ESG concerns

Advocacy groups raised concerns with the US pension about Platinum Equity portfolio company Securus, which manages inmate phone systems for state prison systems.

3 min read · 28 May 2019

How Rhode Island plans to use secondaries to boost its PE exposure

PEI speaks with senior investment officer Jonathan Popielarski about the types of fund stakes the US pension wants to buy so it can hit its 11% target allocation.

4 min read · 21 May 2019

Three things you should know about CalPERS’ new PE head

Greg Ruiz, a former Goldman Sachs exec, will rely on his GP experience to help the US's biggest public pension push into direct investing.

3 min read · 16 May 2019

IFC: Technology gains boost EM investments

Sectors that have benefited the most from tech include logistics, cold storage, consumer branding, healthcare and fintech, according to the IFC's global head and chief investment officer for private equity funds, Maria Kozloski.

2 min read · 14 May 2019

CalSTRS GPs divided over fee disclosure

The pension has to ask funds it invested in before 2017 if it can make their fees and expenses public, and almost half said no.

2 min read · 09 May 2019

Apollo converts to C-corp as it passes $300bn AUM mark – updated

The firm is the latest in a string of private market money managers to make the change, citing an expected increase in its share liquidity.

3 min read · 02 May 2019

Everstone targets co-investment partners with UTIMCO hire

One of South and South-East Asia's largest mid-market firms has recruited Suneel Kaji in New York.

2 min read · 29 April 2019

Arizona SRS private equity head departs

Eric Glass, who oversaw the $40.4bn US pension’s private markets portfolio, has left to start a real estate investment firm, PEI has learned.

2 min read · 25 April 2019

Kurt Summers: Chicago is on an ESG mission

The City of Chicago treasurer on why he took a stand on ESG and what he considers the biggest threat to private equity as we know it.

8 min read · 25 April 2019

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