Private Equity

Investment Allocations

Japan corporate pensions set sights on alternatives

Fund of funds and secondaries prove most popular strategy choices.

2 min read · 30 June 2016

North American LPs see past Brexit into opportunities

Various public pension funds in the US and Canada have voiced their unaltered long-term outlook for private equity and see potential opportunities arising from market volatility.

2 min read · 29 June 2016

EIB: Brexit changes nothing… for now

The Bank has made commitments to a number of UK-focused private equity funds; there will be no immediate changes to its engagement with the country, it has said.

2 min read · 27 June 2016

CalPERS allocating $11bn to new and transition GPs

The country’s largest pension system established a transition manager program for firms in between its emerging manager platform and its pool of larger established managers.

2 min read · 24 June 2016

Illinois tops US PE investing in 2015

For the first time, Illinois ranked first in the amount of PE capital invested among all US states, with $94.64bn invested in the state last year, supporting the American Investment Council’s message that private equity has become ubiquitous in the US.

2 min read · 24 June 2016

NJ loses investment manager to Rutgers University

Jason MacDonald, who joined the New Jersey Division of Investment in 2007, will join his alma mater as an investment director in July.

2 min read · 20 June 2016

Mexico PE benefits from Brazilian recession

The developing Mexican private equity market is currently the hot spot for Latam investments, but the path to a more mature market is not without hurdles.

2 min read · 20 June 2016

Marvel at DC

Partners Group has launched what it describes as the first private markets fund designed for UK defined contribution pension schemes. Other firms will likely follow.

3 min read · 16 June 2016

Investment advisors fail to offer HNWI clients private equity

An iCapital Network survey of registered investment advisors found 33.6% of them have offered PE investing to their high net worth individual clients.

3 min read · 09 June 2016

Australia superfund pondering offshore move

UniSuper, a shareholder in Adelaide and Brisbane airports, could look to invest overseas 'sooner rather than later' as its assets under management start outgrowing its domestic market.

2 min read · 08 June 2016

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