All Private Equity articles
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NewsDutch venture capital association opposes EU mandatory pension fund allocation
Mandatory venture capital allocations could exceed Europe’s capacity while limiting pension funds’ investment autonomy, NVP warns
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NewsFRR picks managers for €500m in PE fund-of-fund mandates
French reserve fund announces winners of 2025 tender
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Opinion PiecesEnable, don’t mandate: lessons for Europe’s pension reform
Jorik van Zanden, strategy consultant at AF Advisors in the Netherlands, issues a warning to the European Parliament on the back of its initial proposals for IORP II, the EU pension fund legislation
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NewsEU parliament proposes VC allocation requirement in IORP II review proposal
Damian Boeselager, the MEP in charge of the IORP II reform for the European Parliament, has outlined his initial thinking about the way forward
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NewsSweden mulls changing AP funds’ illiquid asset rules after Northvolt lessons
AP4 welcomes review, and says buffer fund is already addressing several of report’s main recommendations
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AnalysisAsia Pacific private equity comes of age as mega-deals reshape the market
The growing number of multi-billion-dollar transactions reflects the maturation of Asia Pacific private equity
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NewsLucerne pension fund to raise private equity impact allocation
LUPK plans higher allocations to impact-focused private equity, infrastructure and micro-finance despite wider Swiss caution
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NewsPartners Group targets pension demand for income-focused private equity
Lower-leverage private equity strategy targets institutional demand for income alongside long-term capital appreciation
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NewsSwisscanto private equity funds attract CHF319m from pension investors
Domestic pension investors drive fundraising momentum across Swisscanto’s private equity and decarbonisation strategies
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NewsPension fund investment boosts innovation at Danish unlisted firms, CBS study shows
‘If you impose overly strict limits on how pension assets can be invested, you may restrict the financing of innovative companies,’ professor says
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NewsPraise for EU Scale-Up Fund initiative given bloc’s late-stage equity funding gap
€100m+ rounds of equity capital remain structurally hard in Europe, according to the director of trade body Clean Tech Europe
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NewsSiemens Pensionskasse targets direct lending to capture illiquidity premium
The Swiss pension fund refined its investment strategy and improved its risk/return profile following an ALM
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NewsElo doubles pace of Finnish unlisted growth bets with €100m push in H1
Finnish pensions insurer posts narrowly positive Q1 return as bonds, property gains offset equities losses
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NewsSwedish pension giants back Stegra lifeline, but accept dilution
Wallenberg-led consortium steps in as green steel startup’s biggest investor, and pension funds AP2, AP4 and AMF all put in more capital
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NewsKeva CEO calls for more state participation in investment to boost growth
Kiander cites rise of protectionism by major powers: ‘Remains to be seen how these changes will affect our own national strategy‘
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NewsWarburg Pincus launches European defence platform to tap structural growth
Private equity firm targets security and resilience sectors amid rising European defence spending needs
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NewsWhy Dutch funds made negative returns on private equity in 2025
Pension schemes partly blame high purchase prices in the period 2019-2021 for the poor returns over the past three years
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NewsSweden’s AP funds hit back after booby prize from journalists
Buffer funds named ‘Roller Blind of the Year’ by Association of Investigative Journalism for lack of transparency over investment losses on failed battery firm Northvolt
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NewsGerman government, KfW Capital back €1bn Growth Fund II for start-ups
The fund is anchored by €200m from KfW Capital and €120m from the German government
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NewsAPG’s active equity strategies underperform benchmark by almost 7%
The pension asset manager posted a negative return on its actively managed listed equities strategy in 2025, underperforming its benchmark by 6.9%
