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These two strategies are the only alternative asset classes in which interest grew compared with last year, according to a report by Probitas Partners.

As the health pandemic takes its toll, the societal issues weighed up by investors are becoming more pressing. What does this mean for the sector?

An influx of retail capital could change the future of private equity, bringing with it growth opportunities and operational implications.

An exclusive investor survey conducted by PEI reveals three quarters of LPs will not reduce their target allocations to private markets in the face of the denominator effect.

The pension plan fast-tracked adoption of an ‘allowable allocation’ of up to 15% to allow for flexibility in times of volatility.

Negative returns in credit, funds of funds and emerging markets dulled the $402bn institution’s PE performance last year, investment committee documents show.

A white paper from Capital Dynamics shows multi-manager co-investment funds outperform primary vehicles and demonstrate more attractive risk characteristics.

Public pension funds can no longer support funds which engage in monopolistic behaviour, said director of private equity Chris Schelling.

The move will enable roughly 85,000 DC members, representing around £1bn of funds, to select a private markets allocation within their investment programme.

Shirley Ma, who has been tasked with more than doubling the Dutch pension giant's exposure to the region, talks co-investments, GP best-practice and Chinese tech valuations.