Annabelle Ju
Based in New York, Annabelle Ju covers North American institutional investors and fund regulation as the US Private Equity Reporter for Private Equity International and private funds management. She previously reported on market structure at Bloomberg and obtained her Master of Science degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Duke Williams departed the state teachers’ pension, which has 12% of its assets in private equity, after nearly two years overseeing private markets and investment operations.
The sovereign wealth fund is keeping its private equity commitment plan for fiscal year 2018 mostly unchanged, but it will increase its capacity to co-invest.
The $74bn pension fund, which has 11% in private equity, is concerned about record dry powder levels and plans to halve yearly commitments.
The $74bn pension fund, which has 11% in private equity, is concerned about record dry powder levels and plans to halve yearly commitments.
The consumer sector-focused mid-market firm has raised $984m as of 19 May.
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The Dutch pension manager is losing Eduard van Gelderen to the $10bn university system, where he will be senior managing director of public equities investments.
Private equity performance for the Canadian pension, which had C$59bn in the asset class at 31 March, was boosted by higher returns in the domestic and foreign developed market segments.
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Michael Flaherman says his fears about CalPERS’ exposure are left unanswered, despite a memo from the pension describing fund-level credit lines
Private equity investors plan on dramatically increasing their impact investing deal value this year, according to the annual Global Impact Investing Network survey.
Individuals in the US have increased their exposure to private equity between Q3 2015 and Q3 2016 more than other types of investors.