All Private Equity articles – Page 7
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NewsComPlan to look at UN SDGs in private equity, debt investments
The scheme included physical and transitional climate risks in an ALM analysis for the first time last year
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NewsItaly roundup: BCC-CRA pension fund divests from private markets
Plus: Fondo Priamo increases number of members and contributions; Enpaia cuts real estate investments
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Country Report
UK: One way for DC schemes to access private markets
There is much debate about mark-to-model valuation methodologies and whether a material economic downturn will cause these to catch up with public market price falls, but the history books will show that portfolios with allocations to private markets were more robust than those with none in 2022 – the worst year on record for traditional balanced portfolios.
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NewsAP7 to invest 20% of total assets in alternatives
The buffer fund is looking into private equity, infrastructure and real estate
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NewsPMT to reduce private equity exposure
The Dutch pension fund for the metals industry aims to halve its exposure to the asset class to €4bn
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NewsBaFin warns of further risks for Pensionskassen
Risks are perceived from investments in Spezialfonds and alternative investments, as well as in private equity and private debt funds
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NewsBorder to Coast launches £2.3bn private markets programme
The new fund will target opportunities across infrastructure, private equity, and private credit
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NewsFondenergia invests further €55m in alternatives
The scheme has allocated €20m to Azimut Libera Impresa’s infrastructure fund and €35m to Neuberger Bergman’s private equity fund
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NewsIncome generation drives private markets investments in 2023, BlackRock finds
More than 70% of respondents globally intend to increase their allocations to private equity this year
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NewsPrivate equity hesitant to adjust to high interest rate reality
The 2022 returns on private equity investments reported by pension funds contrast sharply with double-digit losses on listed equity portfolios
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NewsNorwegian government moves towards adding unlisted equity to SWF
Annual white paper on SWF includes call for more analysis from NBIM on unlisted shares
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NewsTough PE fundraising environment yet to lead to lower fees
According to data provider Preqin, the average fundraising time for PE funds has risen from 13 months to 21 months since 2019
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NewsPrevindai plans €35m investment in private equity funds
The scheme continues to diversify its investments following an allocation of almost €200m in the Italian real economy last year
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Opinion PiecesUS: Private equity losses weigh on pension funds
US public pension funds should brace for a big negative surprise when they prepare their reports for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2023. Only then will their returns reflect losses from 2022 in their private equity (PE) portfolios.
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: LDI regulation should not ignore private asset solutions
In the aftermath of the liability-driven investing (LDI) crisis, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in the UK drew up guidelines for pension funds to improve the resilience of LDI strategies. These guidelines primarily aim to support the creation of liquidity buffers so that pension funds can withstand yield shocks. To that end, the guidelines advise pension funds to conduct stress tests and identify suitable collateral with respect to both leveraged and unleveraged LDI strategies using yield-shock scenarios.
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NewsUK master trust funds Schroders’ first long-term asset fund
The strategy will aim to invest across four long-term themes; climate mitigation, climate adaption, biodiversity/natural capital and social vulnerabilities
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NewsAustria sees AUM increase in real estate, private equity funds
The country’s fund industry saw assets declining by 13.2% to €200.2bn last year
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NewsVER to increase private asset weighting as new rules give scope
Finnish buffer fund behind central government pensions aims to broaden private assets allocation by three points
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FeaturesPrivate equity fundamentals resilient in headwinds
The economy and markets are beset with headwinds, and private equity assets are unlikely to be impervious. The concerns with the asset class are wide-ranging, from difficult financing conditions to rising interest rates, squeezed corporate margins and closed exit routes.
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InterviewsBain Capital: Vintage private equity
“In our world, it is quite easy to describe what we do, but it is very hard to do it,” says Robin Marshall, partner at Bain Capital. That statement encapsulates the concept of private equity and is also an effective introduction to his firm. Private equity may be a straightforward idea, but in reality it is an incredibly complex undertaking, which is why the asset class remains a non-core allocation within institutional portfolios.
