All Private Equity articles – Page 34
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NewsPension funds to be 'next wave' to sell private equity secondaries
Trend already taking hold in US, and European institutions expected to follow suit.
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NewsClean tech private equity investment to surge, report says
Swiss firm expects clean-energy industry to continue generating above-average growth.
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NewsFrench private equity managers increasingly engaged with ESG
Almost two-thirds of survey respondents have or will implement ESG strategies by 2012.
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News
Pension schemes allocate more funds to top 10 private equity firms
Report shows pension funds are most confident investing in largest PE companies.
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IP Asia
Finding the rationale for private equity in Asia
Asia is seen as the big opportunity for private equity. But despite the huge growth in the number of specialist managers, there are fears that many Asian deals are attracting the ‘dumb money’. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Asset Class Reports
Private Equity: Keep a clear head
Growth in earnings rather than gearing will be the key to future private equity success, finds Joseph Mariathasan. But where to find it when the developed world expects economic growth to remain depressed?
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Asset Class Reports
Private Equity: The post-crisis panorama
The 2007-09 crisis has had visible and long-term consequences on the small world of private equity, writes Cyril Demaria
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Asset Class Reports
Private Equity: Growth markets of the north
India, China, Brazil? Iain Morse finds that investors are apt to look at the Nordic countries when considering the most attractive places to commit private equity money
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Features
Good time for private equity
Just over 60% of respondents to this month’s Off The Record survey said their fund invested in private equity. One respondent said they were about to start investing, while the remaining respondents do not invest.
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Asset Class Reports
Private Equity: What are funds of funds for?
Our main article identifies mid-market strategies and emerging markets as the key areas of future earnings growth in private equity. It has to be said that funds of funds providers tend to prefer this space in the US and Europe, arguing that returns are likely to be better and that they themselves cannot add much value by investing in the handful of mega funds that large institutions can invest in directly.
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NewsInvestors prefer EM private equity despite valuation concerns, says survey
Limited Partners expect better returns from emerging markets than developed markets for 2011 vintage.
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NewsPension scheme for Finnish church ups private equity, real estate exposure
Fund loses 50,000 members in days after Christian Democrat Party chairwoman voices views on gays, religion.
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NewsATP Private Equity Partners 'optimistic' about venture capital
Partner Klaus Rühne argues macroeconomic environment is now right for VC.
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NewsInvestors bringing private equity in-house, says Coller survey
GLOBAL – Well over a third of US and European private equity investors will reduce or end their exposure to funds of funds over the next three years, and among pension funds, half believe they could improve returns if they were allowed to hire more investment staff.
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IP Asia
Private equity opportunities in Asia
by Stuart Pallister - Private equity in Asia is taking a very different path to that in the West, says Nicholas Bloy of the Malaysia-based firm Navis Capital.
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News
Access Capital to acquire Pohjola private equity funds
EUROPE – Access Capital Partners Group is in the process of acquiring Finland’s Pohjola Private Equity Funds (PPEF) and will enter into a strategic distribution partnership with Pohjola Asset Management in the Nordic countries.
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NewsNorges Bank reiterates call to allow private equity in Pension Fund Global
NORWAY – The governor of the Norwegian Central Bank has again called for investment guidelines on the NOK2.8trn (€351bn) Pension Fund Global (NPFG) to be relaxed, allowing it to invest in private equity.
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IP Asia
Quasi-private equity approach is a good way to invest
Prakash Ramaseshan at Kotak Mahindra explains to Bee Ong how to avoid volatility when investing in India
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Opinion Pieces
A private equity rethink
At the end of a tumultuous decade, US public pension funds are re-evaluating their relationship with private equity firms. Disappointing returns, high fees and a number of scandals are pushing pension fund managers either to quit investing in this asset class or to take more control themselves. But no solution ...
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NewsBrent pension scheme sets sights on infrastructure, 'green' private equity
UK – The London Borough of Brent's £453m (€520m) pension scheme has allocated 5% of its portfolio to infrastructure investments and made a renewed commitment to clean energy private equity projects.
