Private Equity
These would-be private equity investors have yet to commit wholeheartedly to the asset class, but if they did the impact would be significant.
3 min read · 10 August 2016
Brian Hughes, who heads the $180bn pension fund’s private equity team, on the value of diversification in the face of global macro headwinds.
5 min read · 09 August 2016
As part of our summer LP special, we count down the five LPs who will probably 'sit out' your next fund.
3 min read · 03 August 2016
<p><em>The Dallas Police & Fire Pension System attributed its 12.6% loss to private equity and real estate investments.</em></p>
1 min read · 03 August 2016
<p><em>Data from Boston-based investment advisor Cambridge Associates shows first- and second-time funds have often outperformed established funds.</em></p> <!--StartFragment--><p><em></em></p> <!--EndFragment-->
2 min read · 27 July 2016
Mexican pension funds can only invest in domestic private equity funds under current regulations, but Felipe Vilá Gonzalez, chief executive of Mexico’s fund of funds group Fondo de Fondos, says LPs are keen to diversify abroad.
4 min read · 26 July 2016
European LPs aren’t the only ones concerned with environmental, social, and corporate governance issues—these days, US LPs are increasingly keen to know what buyout giant KKR is doing to be part of the solution, KKR’s ESG director Elizabeth Seeger tells Private Equity International.
4 min read · 22 July 2016
Direct private equity assets reached $640bn, or 18% of the total managed by the top 100 alternative asset managers worldwide, according to Willis Towers Watson.
2 min read · 13 July 2016
The Boston City Retirement System is searching for investment firms to manage a private markets mandate for three years.
2 min read · 11 July 2016
