Investment Allocations

Global firms want to increase their allocations to private equity more than any other asset class.

Many companies outside the tech sector are setting up investment arms.

The bank has launched a four-strong directs and co-investment team amid soaring investor demand for greater control over their private equity holdings.

The regulatory basics for alternative fund managers wanting to entice the country’s institutional investors into their funds, by Molly Diggins and Albert Jun of Monument Group.

A government white paper cited transparency issues and management fees as reasons why the $1trn fund should not invest in unlisted equities.

The investment firm – which is raising three private equity funds – is expanding its institutional LP base beyond France.

The $65bn Alaska Permanent Fund is creating a supercharged private equity portfolio.

In the face of rampant LP demand, should private equity firms worry about the industry’s wider reputation?

More than 90% of LPs expect to maintain or increase their private equity allocations with only secondaries receiving a muted response in Rede Partners survey.

UK pensions descended on Edinburgh for the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association conference, but few rated the asset class as attractive.