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.
The Ohio-based pension fund expects to commit $1.4bn to private equity this year.
Stuart Harvey was previously a managing director at the merchant banking group.
The new fund is targeting $750 million.
The firm has hired in Boston, Menlo Park and London.
The California pension fund had allocated $16.6bn to buyouts as of 30 June.
Following Abraaj’s acquisition of URBANO, Tom Speechley, partner at The Abraaj Group, speaks to PEI about Latin American PE investments.
David Cooper leaves the pension fund after eight years, and five as CIO.
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Shami Nissan, head of responsible investment at Actis, a firm that specialises in emerging markets, talks to PEI about environmental, social and governance policies and value creation.
Pantheon partner Jeffrey Miller, who leads North America co-investments, spoke to PEI about deal flow, competition, LP due diligence and Pantheon’s approach.
Johnson Associates expects PE incentive compensation to increase 10 to 15% this year.