Investment Allocations

PEI catches up with Frank Su, head of PE Asia at CPP Investments, to discuss the Canadian giant's conditions for backing an emerging manager.

Swedish insurer Skandia Asset Management doesn't just go with the flow. Its head of private equity and infrastructure, Daniel Winther, discusses his bearish outlook on of continuation funds, sponsors listing and ESG targets.

A full 63% of LPs worry about lower returns, though most are confident of maintaining access to the asset class, according to the latest Coller Barometer.

Japanese LPs are looking beyond commingled funds to more customised solutions, including fund of ones and SMAs, say Neuberger Berman’s Ryo Ohira, Jonathan Shofet and Yoshi Yagisawa.

Against an increasingly bifurcated geopolitical backdrop, Japan is uniquely positioned to give investors a stable and safe access platform to Asia’s secular growth story, says Mark Chiba, group chairman and partner at The Longreach Group.

Overseas PE firms that can overcome the challenges of building business in Japan will be able to capitalise on countless opportunities, says Sakuya Tajima, head of business development in Japan for Sanne Group

Revealing details of the deal to CHI employees in person was, 'one of the most joyful things I have been involved in in my life', said KKR's Pete Stavros.

Waterfield Advisors' next fund of funds could be more than five times larger than its predecessor, which has so far raised about 90% of its target, PEI has learned.

Heady fundraising could force GPs to deploy and inflate valuations. Far from being concerned, Stephen Whatmore spies a lucrative path to exit for QIC’s private capital portfolio.

VIG Fund IV is 69% invested and expected to complete one more deal this year, managing partner Chulmin Lee tells PEI.