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How CPPIB, MassPRIM and CalPERS approach co-investing

Here’s how three limited partners are incorporating the strategy into their portfolios.

4 min read · 13 February 2020

The mark-to-market fallacy

As the European Commission seeks to update AIFMD, Cyril Demaria of Wellershoff & Partners urges the sector to come up with counter-proposals for the sake of the industry and economic growth.

3 min read · 11 February 2020

The $47trn pension market and how it approaches alternatives

Global pension funds' appetites for private markets has risen 17 percentage points over the past two decades, according to Willis Towers Watson.

3 min read · 11 February 2020

Q1 a ‘write-off’ for exits as coronavirus fears hit Asia’s consumer sector

Businesses such as McDonald’s China, which is owned by the Carlyle Group and CITIC Capital, have announced temporary closures in certain regions.

2 min read · 11 February 2020

Waiting for the explosion: The dangerous game of covenant-lite

Fewer covenants can provide greater flexibility in dealing with portfolio company difficulties, but they may also prevent lenders from negotiating rescue plans with borrowers and sponsors. Andy Thomson and Andrew Hedlund investigate

10 min read · 10 February 2020

Rollover co-investments: ‘Handle with extreme care’

Permira, Nordic Capital and EQT are all examples of GPs who have acquired minority stakes in assets they've just exited in so-called 'rollover co-investment' deals.

4 min read · 10 February 2020

Temasek’s plan to make its presence felt

John Vaske is establishing the Singapore government-owned investor as a key player in the North American market.

10 min read · 03 February 2020

KKR: ‘Best opportunities are outside the US'

The firm's private equity activity in Q4 was mostly in Europe and Asia, totalling a little less than half of $4bn of total investments.

3 min read · 31 January 2020

Blackstone collects record $134bn as perpetual capital drives inflows

Perpetual vehicles, which require no mandatory return of capital, are transforming the firm's asset base and earnings, president and COO Jonathan Gray said on a Q4 earnings call Thursday.

2 min read · 30 January 2020

Texas Municipal: PE must reform to maintain pension support

Public pension funds can no longer support funds which engage in monopolistic behaviour, said director of private equity Chris Schelling.

2 min read · 28 January 2020

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