All Private Equity articles – Page 41
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ABP, Keva in property private equity move
REAL ESTATE – Finnish local government pension fund Keva and ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, were among eight initial investors in a pan-European real estate private equity fund launched last week by Spanish property group Neinver.
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West Sussex to up private equity holdings
UK – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund is looking for additional private equity managers to achieve its 5% target allocation.
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McCreevy rules out private equity regulation
EUROPE – The EU Commissioner for the internal market, Charlie McCreevy, has told the private equity industry that has ruled out additional EU regulations.
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DNB demands risk appraisal for private equity
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch pensions regulator, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), is setting up guiding principals to help develop financial institutions’ risk management of private equity and other alternative investments.
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VB calls for private equity responsibility
NETHERLANDS - Pension funds must act responsibly as private equity investors and should not simply use companies as cash cows and leave them once they are running dry, according to the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB).
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International trade unions target private equity
SWITZERLAND – The international trades union federation (ITUC) has told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos that private equity funds ought to be screened by third parties.
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Sampension to up private equity by €100m
DENMARK – The DKK75bn (€10bn) Sampension will increase its private equity exposure from 2% to 3% over the next years.
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FRR awards €150m private equity mandate
FRANCE – The €29bn Fonds de Réserve Pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, says it has awarded €150m in private equity to AXA Private Equity Europe.
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Dutch painters tap CS for private equity
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch painters industry pension fund has appointed Credit Suisse Benelux with a €45m private equity mandate, the bank announced today.
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Chelsea & Kensington invest in private equity
UK – The £379m (€561m) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea pension fund has started investments into private equity.
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Pension funds losers in private equity - Citigroup
GLOBAL – Pension funds are the ultimate losers in the shift from public to private equity, according to Citigroup.
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Rise and rise of private equity fees
Partnership structures fees and other compensation systems may have to be reviewed given the rapid expansion of private equity in recent years. John Barber reports
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Studies find private equity taking strong hold among Europe’s investors
EUROPE – European institutional investors’ growing appetite for diversification and the “superior returns” of private equity is set to encourage rapid growths in the asset class, studies have revealed today.
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Germany considers private equity crackdown
GERMANY – The German government is considering penalising private equity firms which it believes serve little or no macroeconomic purpose as part of an upcoming private equity law, according to deputy finance minister Barbara Hendricks.
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Gwynedd scheme to put 5% into private equity
UK – The £741m (€1.1bn) Gwynedd council pension fund is looking to invest in private equity via fund of fund managers to help address its £129m deficit.
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Hermes’ Anson queries private equity fees
UK – Hermes Pensions Management chief executive Mark Anson has called for lower private equity fees, according to reports.
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KEVA, AlpInvest in Polish private equity move
POLAND – Finland’s KEVA and the Dutch pension fund-owned AlpInvest are among the institutional backers of a new Polish private equity fund.
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Horeca taps SPF for €40m private equity brief
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme, has awarded SPF Beheer with a €40m private equity mandate, as part of its 5% weighting target in the asset class.
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German institutions eye structured, private equity
GERMANY – Pension funds and insurers are planning more investment in alternatives this year and next, but will only award mandates for structured products and private equity, according to a new survey by German consultant Heissmann.
