Private Equity
The latest monthly report from the largest US pension fund shows its commitment to two private equity funds totalling almost $1bn, while it decided to forego committing to a KKR vehicle.
2 min read · 15 September 2016
Some of the top-performing US LPs made commitments to multiple funds in the top 10, which together account for more than half of the $106bn amassed in Q2.
3 min read · 16 August 2016
The customised accounts represented 8% of its overall PE portfolio, which now sits at $26bn.
2 min read · 11 August 2016
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
The firm has received a new commitment from the New Mexico State Investment Council.
2 min read · 01 August 2016
Stephen Blyth had sought to improve returns at the fund, which invested about one-sixth of its portfolio in private equity as of September 2015.
3 min read · 28 July 2016
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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
Despite lacklustre economic growth, Blackstone’s chairman and chief executive Stephen Schwarzman is confident that the alternative asset giant’s private equity investments can continue to deliver robust returns.
3 min read · 22 July 2016
