Private Equity
Heralded as an ‘unofficial fee break’ and an ‘alpha generator’, co-investment is seen by many as the answer to getting the best out of private markets. But are LPs taking on more risk than they realise – and is it really worth it?
10 min read · 03 June 2019
Ruulke Bagijn, the new head of the firm’s AlpInvest and Metropolitan units, says co-investment and secondaries funds will remain part of the core of the business.
3 min read · 15 May 2019
Greg Ruiz will join the pension system this summer from Altamont Capital Partners, filling a role that has been without a permanent occupant since Réal Desrochers left in 2017.
3 min read · 13 May 2019
The restructuring will allow CalSTRS to invest in ‘non-traditional’ private equity strategies with different return expectations and focus on co-investments.
3 min read · 09 May 2019
LPs will push for more transparency and customisation of their investments, liquidity will play a greater role but robo-advisors won’t negate the need for trust between LPs, GPs and service providers
5 min read · 08 May 2019
The new platform will sit within the firm's secondaries unit, Strategic Partners, and work with existing impact managers across all asset classes.
3 min read · 06 May 2019
Hiromichi Mizuno was tasked with guiding the world's largest pension fund into alternatives. He tells PEI what he learned in his four-year tenure.
9 min read · 30 April 2019
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
The $153bn pension wants to increase the programme to 35% and double its investment team.
5 min read · 24 April 2019
Co-investing by the US's largest public pension has stalled due to challenges around speed of execution.
3 min read · 16 April 2019
