Co-investments

Chris Eckerman, who had spent the past 12 years at SWIB, will lead up TPSF’s efforts to expand into the co-investment space.

China’s private equity market is ‘already seeing a lot more activity’ in verticals relating to AI, Marc Lau, managing partner at the fund of funds, tells PEI.

Launched in April, Sandbrook Climate Infrastructure Fund II held a first close three and a half months later, raising $1.1bn – or more than half of the target – sources told Buyouts.

MetLife IM sees 'room for improvement in aligning interests and increasing transparency' in the asset class, head of international PE Nick Milnes tells PEI.

The pension plans to double the amount of capital it committed this year to private debt funds in 2026.

'Limited partner distributions are definitely constraining new commitments to subsequent funds,' says private equity director Michael McGirr.

The German family office holds around €1bn in private market assets, half of which is in private equity, chief investment officer Christian Wiehenkamp tells PEI.

Early results from an ILPA survey suggest LPs are ready to draw a line in the sand when it comes to investing with managers chasing retail capital.

CIO Jill Schurtz will be able to commit up to $750m to commingled funds, separate accounts, secondaries transactions and dedicated co-invest vehicles.

Ben Luckett, who set up Aviva's VC platform in 2015, says low distributed to paid-in ratios have been less of an issue for the investor to date due to the use of evergreen structures.