Investor Commitments

Heady fundraising could force GPs to deploy and inflate valuations. Far from being concerned, Stephen Whatmore spies a lucrative path to exit for QIC’s private capital portfolio.

Firms must ensure individual investors are sufficiently educated, said executives from Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan at Invest Europe’s Investors’ Forum last week.

The US's largest public pension deployed $12.3bn to PE last year, its second straight year of $10bn-plus deployment.

Investor money is flowing toward those that can offer scale, specialisation or both, Partners Group CEO David Layton told PEI.

Through H1 2021, private equity and venture capital investments in Brazil totalled $5.7bn, according to LAVCA – more than the full-year total in 2020.

Investors are turning to impact to direct their money towards areas that align with their missions and values.

The strategy will seek up to $4.25bn between the main fund and a sidecar with a slightly modified mandate, according to documents from New Mexico SIC.

The board raised concerns during last week's investment committee meeting about investments in the region in light of regulatory uncertainty.

Executives from firms including Blackstone, BC Partners and Battery Ventures participated in PEI's IR forum last week.

Dig deeper into how investors are operating in the market with our latest analysis of H1 activity.