Private Equity

Investment Allocations

PE helps Angolan SWF post first-time profit

Solid growth in the fund’s agriculture and infrastructure PE holdings helped drive net profit of $44m.

2 min read · 25 September 2017

Chinese insurers continue quest for alternatives

Moody’s analysis showed a compound annual growth rate of 55% in alternative investments by the country's insurers between 2013 and 2016.

2 min read · 21 September 2017

Harvard endowment posts ‘disappointing’ results

The $36bn fund reported strong private equity returns after implementing an 'aggressive' restructuring plan in December.

2 min read · 21 September 2017

Family offices to up allocations

Two-fifths of family offices are planning to increase their allocations to private equity, according to a report by UBS and Campden Wealth.

1 min read · 20 September 2017

Political issues are top investor concern

Worries over volatile geopolitics, including the tension surrounding North Korea, are making LPs act cautiously.<br />

2 min read · 19 September 2017

Ardian expects $1.2bn close on early secondaries fund

AESF VI will be nearly double the size of its predecessor, according to a document seen by sister publication Secondaries Investor.

2 min read · 13 September 2017

Japan Post Bank’s PE appetite

The $1.9trn investor has tweaked its alternatives strategy amid growing competition in the Japanese private equity market.

1 min read · 13 September 2017

Virginia endowment ‘disappointed’ by PE returns

The university’s investment management arm had private equity returns of 5.6% for the year ended 30 June, up from a 3.9% loss the previous year.

2 min read · 13 September 2017

UBS: Family offices to increase co-investment activity

Despite a drop in co-investing deals in 2016 due to execution challenges, global family offices continue to prefer direct investments, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report.

2 min read · 12 September 2017

HgCapital revels in seller’s market

The firm returned 3.4 times as much money back to its investors as it called from them in the first half of the year, according to its listed feeder fund’s results.

2 min read · 11 September 2017

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