Private Equity
Global CIO William Chan tells PEI how the $130bn insurer picks GPs, its selection criteria for continuation vehicles and why it is wary of semi-liquid funds.
5 min read · 26 March 2025
A squeeze on other exit routes means there will be greater use of such vehicles in 2025, according to survey findings.
3 min read · 26 March 2025
Rising acceptance of continuation funds could drive further growth in the GP-led space, industry participants said at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2025 event in Orlando last week.
2 min read · 20 March 2025
In this nine-minute interview, Alaska Permanent Fund's deputy CIO says prioritising distribution ratios as a metric will cause GPs to do 'very unnatural things'.
1 min read · 19 March 2025
One of the market's top placement firms reckons a new wave of emerging managers is about to hit the market. Plus: Why OTPP is a fan of continuation funds. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
3 min read · 19 March 2025
Aware Super is the latest example, with CIO Damien Webb saying he expects the superannuation fund to allocate further capital to the space in the next three years.
2 min read · 18 March 2025
The education and experience of new sellers will help grow the LP side of the industry, according to Vlad Colas, executive vice president of Ardian, who spoke with Buyouts at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2025 event in Orlando in early March.
2 min read · 17 March 2025
In this 7-minute video from NEXUS 2025, the pension’s head of private equity discusses the impact of its planned total portfolio approach on its holdings and managers.
1 min read · 17 March 2025
Four out of NYCRS’ five pension systems are selling a more than $5.5bn portfolio to Blackstone Strategic Partners in a deal set to close at the end of March.
2 min read · 13 March 2025
LPs and GPs alike are finding secondaries technology 'extremely beneficial', Holcombe Green said at PEI Group's NEXUS 2025 conference in Orlando this week.
1 min read · 12 March 2025