Investment Allocations

A revision of Australia’s foreign investment rules will see ‘low-risk’ investments from familiar investors reviewed more quickly, particularly if they are made into non-sensitive sectors.

A number of factors have accelerated the growth of the GP stakes market over the last 15 years, says Michael Rees, co-president of Blue Owl Capital and head of the GP Strategic Capital platform.

This year's cohort of Future 40 investors have been making strides with their institutions' private markets programmes, from leading co-investments and sourcing emerging manager relationships to enhancing due diligence processes.

Index funds that passively invest in private funds have the potential to outperform portfolios of individually selected private funds, similar to how passive has beaten active in public markets, say NewVest’s Edward Talmor-Gera and Ariel Ezrahi.

Former SK Group executive David Chung wants to leverage his experience as a strategic investor to bridge the gap between North American GPs and Asian LPs.

Speaking at an event in Hong Kong on Wednesday, the firm's head of APAC private wealth said it is 'critical' that open-end funds are valued frequently enough to assist subscriptions and redemptions.

Co-investments play a key role in its decision to partner with first-time funds and emerging managers, partner and head of Europe Rune Jepsen tells PEI.

The asset manager is in market with its debut artificial intelligence fund and was gearing up to launch a brace of Chinese private equity funds this year.

Tokyo Stock Exchange reforms are presenting take-private opportunities for GPs, including KKR.