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BlackRock: Insurers most bullish on private equity and real assets

Almost two-fifths plan to raise their PE exposure over the next 12-24 months, a report from the asset management giant finds.

3 min read · 08 October 2019

Rhode Island charges ahead with new secondaries strategy

The pension system picked up secondaries stakes in Industry Ventures, Paine Schwartz and Eureka Equity funds.

3 min read · 07 October 2019

Small buyout managers boost SWIB’s core PE performance

Commitments to fewer managers and sale of non-core managers on the secondaries market led to mega and large buyout funds exposure dropping by 29.5% from December 2009 to Q1 2019.

3 min read · 01 October 2019

Inside Florida SBA’s manager selection process

Each investment or fund commitment should be able to survive the analytical rigour and the scrutiny of the pension's entire team, according to senior PE investment manager John Bradley.

3 min read · 25 September 2019

Publicly-traded PE firms generate beta: Commonfund

These firms have become more diversified and their sticky revenue stream is tied more to management fees, according to director and head of private equity Mark Hoeing.

3 min read · 11 September 2019

Future Fund’s deputy CIO: We’re placing ‘more emphasis’ on ESG

Australian sovereign fund's executive tells conference investors must adapt and improve their processes to keep up with the influx of capital into private equity

3 min read · 11 September 2019

New Mexico SIC slashes PE investment target as distributions dry up

The sovereign fund, which has struggled to meet its pacing target, will likely have less capacity for new fund commitments over the next five years.

3 min read · 10 September 2019

Private equity in Africa: Regional guide 2019

The continent’s private equity is scaling up, with regionalisation emerging as a key strategy. PEI scouts out where activity is highest and where the next opportunities will be.

6 min read · 05 September 2019

Why Australia’s Hostplus is piling into venture capital

PEI caught up with Neil Stanford, head of PE at the A$45bn superannuation fund, to discuss its push into Aussie VC and its aversion to large domestic buyouts.

3 min read · 04 September 2019

How Illinois Municipal designed its PE programme around its constraints

Private equity must outperform all other strategies for the pension plan to reach its assumed rate of return, says chief investment officer Dhvani Shah.

4 min read · 21 August 2019

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