Private Equity

Investment Allocations

LP appetite for EM hits four-year high

More than one in three of respondents plan to increase their allocation to emerging markets as a proportion of their total portfolio, up from 29 percent last year.

1 min read · 07 June 2018

Coller: LP appetite for GP stakes ‘disproportionately large’

Almost 40% of LPs have already invested or will consider investing in funds that take stakes in GPs, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer.

2 min read · 03 June 2018

CalPERS to launch directs programme – updated

The programme – which will comprise two funds and launch in the first half of next year – could drive the fund's annual PE deployment to $13bn.

2 min read · 17 May 2018

PE assets caught up in £109bn contract dispute

Private equity and infrastructure account for up to 5% of the Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group assets managed by Standard Life Aberdeen.

2 min read · 15 May 2018

Church of England endowment restores faith in PE

The £8.3bn fund is planning to increase its target allocation to the asset class through 'world-class managers'.

2 min read · 15 May 2018

Introducing the model portfolio

CEPRES created a model portfolio to allow us to analyse the performance of the asset class. In this first instalment Simon Tang introduces the portfolio and examines performance to date.

4 min read · 08 May 2018

Why some investors are still cautious about private equity

The asset class is an increasingly common component of investment portfolios, but some major potential investors won't take the plunge.

5 min read · 08 May 2018

Adams Street's move to smaller GPs

The firm has significantly altered its allocation to the lower end of the market in a bid to avoid possible macro-economic headwinds.

3 min read · 01 May 2018

PE comes out on top for Finland's KEVA

The asset class returned 2.2% in the first quarter against a volatile backdrop characterised by pension reform and the threat of a trade war.

2 min read · 30 April 2018

KKR: Insurers embrace 'new world order' for asset allocation

Insurers have nearly doubled their allocation to private equity since 2014 as part of an effort to combat a challenging investment environment.

2 min read · 30 April 2018

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