All Private Equity articles – Page 46
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UK railway fund to increase private equity holding
UK- Railpen, the UK railway £13bn (e20.3bn) pension scheme, is to increase its allocation to private equity from 2% to 5%, taking the level of investment from around £400m (e626m) to £750m (e1.17bn).
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AP3 commits further e135m to private equity
SWEDEN- Sweden’s third national pension fund AP3 has committed a further e135m to private equity taking its total investment in the asset class to e210m. The latest commitment by the fund is almost split half and half between US and European private equity houses.
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Canada Pension Plan puts e370m in private equity
CANADA- The investment board of the CS$14.3bn (€9.3bn) national Canadian pension fund has announced it is allocating a e370m to three new private equity funds.
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UK private equity continues to outperform equities
UK- Private equity investments in the UK have outperformed UK pension fund assets over the past three five and ten years according to figures published by the British Venture Capital Association.
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Private equity 'to double'
Private equity investment will continue to grow over the next 10 years and pension funds in the US and Europe are expected to double their allocation to the asset class according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The report, produced in conjunction with the private equity company ...
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Pension funds 'to double' private equity holdings
GLOBAL- Private equity investment will continue to grow over the next ten years and pension funds in the US and Europe are expected to double their allocation to the asset class according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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East Sussex allocates 3% to private equity
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.9bn) East Sussex County Pension Fund is allocating 3% of its assets to private equity, tendering the mandates currently managed by Gartmore, including a passive portfolio, and replacing them with a single global active mandate. The move follows its three-yearly actuarial valuation undertaken by Hymans Robertson. ...
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Europe continues its private equity investment
EUROPE – Institutional investors across Europe are continuing to invest in private equity, despite the severe downturns in its market in the last couple of years, according to the latest survey from private equity research specialists, AltAssets.
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UK funds double private equity investment in 2001
UK – The amount invested by UK pension funds in private equity almost doubled last year from £817m (€1,309m) to £1,594m (€2,554m), says the latest British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PCW) private equity survey.
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Private equity comes of age
Is private equity beginning to grow up and graduate from being a fringe asset class to being accepted as a fully fledged member of the investment community? The fact that it is now going through some performance problems is almost reassuring in itself. There was, for some years, a concern ...
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UK pension funds view private equity as 'trouble'
UK- The flight of UK pension funds from equities into bonds has dashed hopes that schemes would increase their investment in private equity, according to a senior pension fund consultant.
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EVCA publishes new private equity booklet
Belgium – the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has published a booklet, entitled ‘Why and How to Invest in Private Equity’ aimed at both new investors and those wishing to increase an exiting exposure.
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Hermes appoints new head of private equity
UK – Hermes Pensions Management has appointed Rod Selkirk as head of private equity, replacing Robert Padgett who will take full retirement later this year. Selkirk, who has over 20 years experience in private equity, joins from Bridgepoint Capital, where he was managing director and member of the executive and ...
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Standard Life launches Europe private equity fund
UK/EUROPE- Standard Life Investments has launched a private equity fund of funds that will invest in a mix of European private equity funds and direct investments.
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European private equity returns -2.3% in 2001
EUROPE- Returns from private equity in Europe were hit in 2001 according to a recent study which estimates an internal rate of return (IRR) in 2001 of -2.3% for all classes. The study, undertaken by the European Venture Capital Association and Venture Economics, the private equity information provider, covers a ...
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AP3 to invest Sek6bn in private equity by 2006
SWEDEN- Sweden’s AP3 fund still has up to Sek6bn (e653m) to commit to private equity investments over the next three to four years. Last Summer it announced it was investing up to 5% of the Sek133bn fund in private equity but so far it has only committed Sek729m and invested ...
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Newham picks HarbourVest for private equity
UK – The £535m (€874m) pension fund of the London Borough of Newham has appointed global private equity specialist, HarbourVest Partners to manage a new private equity portfolio.
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UK funds invest in Wilton private equity fund
UK- Wilton Asset Management has announced the closure of its $240m private equity pension funds in which pension funds for the Nottinghamshire County council and the Lattice group have taken undisclosed stakes.
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Advent to invest e1.4bn private equity in Europe
EUROPE- Private equity investor Advent International is to invest e1.4bn in western Europe following the announcement that its fourth fund Global Private Equity IV has raised e2bn
