Western Europe

Sellers are promoting other growth avenues rather than relying on US expansion, says Raymond James’ Allan Bertie.

New chief executive Benjamin Cordonnier will oversee the firm's day-to-day operations alongside co-managing partner Judith Charpentier.

A study by Neuberger Berman has found the asset class can increase overall portfolio net returns by 20-67bps in defined contribution schemes.

Smaller GPs are more likely to have better value sharing mechanisms than their larger counterparts, with French and Nordic managers the most generous, according to research from Armen.

The $126bn Australian retirement fund continues to build its London team ahead of the arrival of its new head of international, PEI has learned.

Damian Graham will move to London at the end of 2025 to take on the role, with current head of international Damien Webb moving back to Sydney as planned.

The Institutional Limited Partners Association’s new Europe head, Bart van Dijk, speaks five languages and enjoys interacting with people – attributes that will come in handy given the representative body’s growth plans for the region.

A Deloitte report forecasts that retail investors’ allocations to private capital could expand to $2.4trn by 2030 in the US.

The agribusiness sector is yet to recover from fading interest in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.