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CalPERS considers consultants for PE and other strategies

California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which is in the midst of overhauling its private equity program, will select consultants for its general pension fund and several investment categories including private equity at an upcoming meeting.

2 min read · 11 April 2023

Base10 makes overture to LPs with co-investment program

Base10 has launched a new co-investment program to allow its LPs access to oversubscribed rounds it participates in through its Advancement Initiative growth funds.

4 min read · 10 April 2023

Why college endowments are betting big on VC and PE

Colleges on average allocated 30 percent of their portfolios to private equity and venture capital, according to the 2022 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments.

2 min read · 24 February 2023

CIO skewers VC, recommends Alaska Permanent slash PE target

Alaska Permanent Fund’s chief investment officer will propose major cuts to its targeted allocations to private equity at its board meeting scheduled for February 15.

3 min read · 14 February 2023

Japanese giant pledges billions to impact

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, an investor and fund services provider for Japanese pension funds, plans to deploy ¥500 billion ($4.1 billion; €3.8 billion) into impact by 2030. SMTH is the parent company of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.

3 min read · 24 March 2022

An LP's vision for 2022

Ian Connatty of British Patient Capital looks at the record-setting venture activity from 2021 and offers his take on what is to come this year.

4 min read · 11 January 2022

LP Perspectives 2022: Investors put a positive spin on it... mostly

LPs may be a private bunch, in comparison with the venture fund managers they back, but they have plenty of views to share on the state of venture capital, as can be seen in our latest LP Perspectives 2022 Study.

4 min read · 10 January 2022

TCRS approves $120m in commitments to Drive, NEA

The Nashville-based public pension has re-upped with existing managers, including two venture firms.

1 min read · 15 December 2021

TCDRS allocates commitments across two VC funds

The Austin-based pension backs GTCR and Carnelian Energy Capital's latest VC funds.

1 min read · 25 November 2021

Texas Municipal has record year of commitments, looks to boost allocation

The goal is to reach the 10% allocation by 2024, with the pension fund also ramping up its co-investments, as scaling co-investments is reducing program costs.

3 min read · 02 November 2021

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