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Many Latin American pension funds want to invest in international private equity – and it’s becoming easier for them to do so.

The downfall of Abraaj Group, political risk and currency volatility have led to a less than rosy picture for EM fundraising this year.

Investors are looking to expand their GP portfolios as access to funds becomes increasingly competitive.

Almost three-quarters of LPs believe that PE-backed companies will perform better than their non-PE-backed counterparts in the case of downturn, according to Coller Capital's latest industry barometer.

Private equity is outperforming investors’ benchmarks, encouraging them to increase their allocations to the asset class.

New managers are up, secondaries are down and co-investments remain popular in the latest version of the Rede Liquidity Index.

Other obstacles include lack of in-house expertise, difficulty finding good managers and challenges executing co-investments, according to bfinance.

On Tuesday, the $24bn sovereign wealth fund will vote on a subscription to a portfolio management service to aid due diligence and portfolio monitoring across private equity, real return and real estate.

They accounted for 7% of CEE fundraising in 2017, having committed nothing in the previous two years, research has found.

Domestic PE was at least 10 times as popular, according to Schroder Adveq data.