Just happened
ILPA 3.0 reactions
“In a market where demand for great funds is exceeding supply, GPs are able to further shy away from best practice,” he says.
Van Gisbergen adds that ILPA’s latest guidance could have shed more light on the sales of GP stakes to LPs, which are causing a misalignment of interest and potential governance issues. Looks like the industry body has its work cut out already.
New firm launch
Schroder Adveq’s head of secondaries is leaving to launch his own firm, sister title Secondaries Investor is reporting. Nico Taverna, who has held the position since 2014, will depart the Swiss manager at the end of the year. There’s been no word on what his new venture will be called or what its strategy will be, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled.
Germany stalls
Essentials
LP meetings It’s Monday, so here are some meetings to watch out for this week.
- 9 July New Hampshire Retirement System is holding a board of trustees meeting; and Essex County Council Pension Fund is holding a full council meeting
- 10 July Tulare County Employees Retirement Association is holding a retirement board meeting
- 11 July Maine Public Employees Retirement System and Tacoma Employees’ Retirement System are both holding board meetings; San Diego County Employees’ Retirement Association is holding an investment committee meeting; Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana is holding a committees and board meeting; and Nebraska Investment Council is holding a council meeting.
Inside tip
Congratulations to the Canadian pension fund PE exec who correctly identified the Glastonbury Festival-attending global placement agent head from last Thursday’s Side Letter. We’d love to tell you who the festival-goer was but, y’know, what happens at Glasto…
Dig deeper
Lone Star State commitments Employee Retirement System of Texas has agreed to commit €80 million to Riverside’s latest European fund. Below is a breakdown of the $28.7 billion pension fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on Texas ERS as well as more than 6,700 other institutions, check out the PEI database.
He said it
“It’s riddled with conflicts. There are situations where we can potentially be involved in both sides and we have to split our teams and decision-making process.”
Merrick McKay, head of Europe, private equity, at Aberdeen Standard Investments, says his firm sometimes finds itself in tricky situations when it comes to GP-led restructurings.
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