All Private Equity articles – Page 15
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FeaturesCEE private equity: in search of capital
War in Ukraine is just one factor deterring investment in private equity and growth capital in Central and Eastern Europe
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NewsPFA rapped by Danish FSA over alternatives risks
Danish commercial pensions heavyweight told to correct strategic approach to alternative investments
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AMF invests €35m in privately-held Swedish fossil-free steel company
Firm aims to produce 5m tons fossil-free steel a year from 2030 says Swedish pensions giant
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Pension funds expected to become largest sellers on private equity secondary market in H2
Interim sales of private equity investments worldwide have grown steadily from $40bn in 2015 to $132bn in 2021, says Bain Capital
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Schroders identifies persistence in private equity returns [updated]
Research by Schroders Capital finds that past performance could be more instructive for some parts of the private equity market than others
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NewsGerman government ditches plan to deploy pension capital for VC funds
Instead, start-up strategy envisions opening up the VC market to institutional investors through a German Growth Fund
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Poll shows 10 percentage-point rise in ESG use by alternatives investors over 3 years
Two thirds of European investors in private equity, infrastructure, now have climate policies compared to less that a quarter of their US peers, new survey shows
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NEST appoints HarbourVest as part of £1.5bn private equity push
New mandate will play an important role in helping NEST invest around 5% of its portfolio in private equity
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NewsBorder to Coast commits final investments in first £5.7bn private markets programme
In total, the programme invested into 61 funds and made three co-investments
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Danish FSA tells Industriens Pension to consider adding more PE staff
Watchdog hands out official orders to correct private equity management procedures, as part of wider focus on the way pension funds handle the asset class
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PenSam told to tighten up procedures around private equity valuations
Danish FSA hands out official orders to add paperwork on performance monitoring, amid wider regulatory focus on private equity
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ATP, AMF, AP funds and Folksam back Northvolt in $1.1bn financing
Large Nordic pension funds up their investments in Swedish battery maker as it seeks to boost production
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Italy (July/August 2022)
Italy’s pension industry continues to develop, albeit at a slow pace. Italian pension funds are adapting their strategies to the volatile and uncertain market regime, by purchasing inflation-linked assets and by taking advantage of potentially higher yields on domestic government bonds. However, as our lead article highlights, they are generally staying true to their long-term diversification strategies, which consist of gradually allocating to alternatives including private equity, private debt and infrastructure. Some have bought shares in the Bank of Italy, a private equity-like investment.
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Country ReportItaly: Pension funds adapt to a new regime
Inflation, higher interest rates and geopolitical tensions are leading Italian pension funds to recalibrate their investment strategies
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Opinion PiecesUS: A cautious approach on private assets in DC plans
Will 2022 be the year when private equity is finally incorporated in US defined contribution (DC) plan line-ups? Possibly, following the Department of Labor’s (DoL’s) clarification of its position in a letter last December. But it will be a very slow process, according to industry experts.
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Features‘Painful’ private equity fees are hard to avoid
The Netherlands’ €551bn ($576bn) civil service scheme ABP paid a record €2.8bn in performance fees to private equity managers in 2021, prompting the fund’s president Harmen van Wijnen to announce an external investigation to assess ABP’s rising asset management costs. The €277.5bn healthcare scheme PFZW paid €1.26bn in performance fees to private equity last year, accounting for two thirds of total asset management costs.
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ATP’s new domestic investment unit stays true to goal after first deal
Danish statutory pensions giant invests DKK three-digit million sum in sports tech Veo
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NewsPrivate equity returns at near-record 16%
Coller Capital publishes 35th bi-annual global private equity survey
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NewsAP7 one step closer to adding illiquids as proposal moves ahead
Government submits legal advice referral for changes to AP7’s investment rules
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NewsGerman government plans to channel pension assets for VC investments
Also considering setting up a facility to finance young innovative companies that previously had no access to venture capital funds
