Charts of the Week: Public pensions eye four to nine funds over next 12 months
Fears about a market downturn aren’t dampening public pensions’ desire to commit to funds. Most [...]
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Charts of the Week: Family offices’ interest in PE grows
Family offices’ appetite for alternative investments continues to grow. Private equity tops the list, with [...]
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British Columbia pension shops PE portfolio
British Columbia Investment Management Corp is selling a portfolio of private equity fund stakes valued [...]
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PSP Investments boosts PE investments 43 pct, beats benchmark for FY 2019
Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Canada’s fourth largest pension system, ramped up activity in the [...]
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CalPERS takes big stake in Blackstone Capital Partners VIII
California Public Employees’ Retirement System committed $750 million to Blackstone Capital Partners VIII, which has [...]
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Texas ERS commits $385 mln to PE in May
Texas Employees’ Retirement System committed $385 million to private equity in May, a busy month [...]
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LP Scorecard: Blackstone, Neuberger Berman lead NJDOI 2012
New Jersey Division of Investment in 2012 made 12 investments in PE, the most it made [...]
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Texas Teachers adds $313 mln to PE in May
Teacher Retirement System of Texas committed more than $300 million to private equity in May, [...]
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LACERS commits $200 mln to PE and venture after increasing pacing target
Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System at its May meeting reported $200 million in private equity [...]
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Minnesota pledges $850 mln to 7 PE, credit funds
Minnesota State Board of Investment approved $852 million to seven private equity and credit funds spanning [...]
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GP-led secondaries worsen LPs’ workload concerns
Limited partners don’t always feel as if they have enough time or resources to evaluate [...]
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NJ lifts PE target, commits to Warburg Asia fund
New Jersey’s state pension system increased its PE allocation target to 12 percent and committed [...]
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Alaska Permanent approves $1.6 bln PE pacing plan, weighs secondary sale
Alaska Permanent Fund Corp plans to commit $1.6 billion to private equity funds in fiscal 2020, [...]
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Washington State’s CIO to retire after 18-year tenure
Gary Bruebaker, who has been Washington State Investment Board’s CIO since 2001, will retire at [...]
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LP Scorecard: Apollo leads New York City Fire Pension’s 2008 vintage
New York City Fire Pension Fund received $251.8 million in capital distributions from its PE [...]
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Texas ERS boosts 2019 pacing plan after big PE commitments
Texas Employees’ Retirement System bumped its private equity pacing target to $1.45 billion for 2019 [...]
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LPs lower expectations for PE, fret about deal flow
A majority of PE investors expect returns in the asset class to decline in coming [...]
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Five Questions With Aberdeen’s Whit Matthews on spinouts and independent sponsors
Whit Matthews is a senior investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He spoke with Buyouts [...]
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