Co-investments

The desire to co-invest in local venture capital firms has presented unique challenges for the mid-size pension plan.

Resiliency, repeatability and transparency have become critical as macro shocks intensify, according to panellists from Nest Pensions, Cambridge Associates and Malaysia’s KWAP.

A more deliberate collaboration between state and private capital is required if private equity is to fulfil its role in building a better society, writes Gareth Davies, UK shadow minister for business and trade.

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Ashley Baum, a managing director of the $230bn public pension, suggests direct approach is about making more selective bets in PE, not reducing fees.

Embracing private wealth solutions can help longstanding institutional LPs as well as smaller private wealth investors, says Erwan Paugam, senior managing director and head of private wealth solutions at Ardian.

Maharlika Investment Corporation is seeking managers ‘who understand how the Philippines operates’, CIO Kheed Ng tells PEI.

The Boston-based multi-family office is looking to strike a balance of established GPs prepared to navigate distressed environment with managers ‘not swimming in crowded pools’ in private equity.

The mid-market buyout firm closed on its $2.37 billion raise – slightly short of its target – after a more-than two-year marketing effort.