Private Equity

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Microsoft founder's family office to triple Asia PE exposure

Vulcan Capital, the multi-billion family office of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has around 5% of its portfolio invested in the region, CIO Chris Orndorff tells PEI.

2 min read · 20 August 2019

Japan's corporate pensions leave PE decisions to gatekeepers

Just under 1% of defined benefit pensions plan to raise their exposure to the asset class this year.

2 min read · 14 August 2019

How Arizona PSPRS plans to overhaul its portfolio

The pension system is combining alternative assets into one pool and will re-assess all GP relationships, trimming for better strategic partnerships.

4 min read · 07 August 2019

The 10 largest H1 2019 closes and the LPs in them

Find out which investors committed to the vehicles that raised 43% of the total capital between them.

2 min read · 30 July 2019

Texas TRS to co-underwrite co-investments

The pension system is in the process of expanding the direct investment portion of its private equity portfolio from 26% to 35%.

2 min read · 22 July 2019

How NZ Super will make its venture capital debut

New Zealand's government has proposed a NZ$300m fund of funds to back offshore and domestic venture capital managers.

3 min read · 08 July 2019

UTIMCO shifts to large buyouts to scale PE portfolio

The endowment will trim its private equity manager list by almost 50% and increase cheques to core GPs to maintain its $3bn annual investment target.

3 min read · 02 July 2019

Five ways Alaska Permanent will boost its Asia exposure

The $65bn fund is underweight the region and is looking at China, Indonesia and pan-Asian funds, according to senior portfolio manager Yup Kim.

3 min read · 02 July 2019

Nine takeaways from ILPA Principles 3.0

Key findings from the LP body’s latest best practice guidance.

4 min read · 27 June 2019

Impact investing: The best sources of fund capital

Impact investing fund managers had collected $5.4bn from banks and diversified institutions as of 31 December, a 24% annual increase from 2014.

2 min read · 20 June 2019

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