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The asset management giant wants to nearly double its annual private markets activity across Asia-Pacific, Michael Dennis, head of alternatives for the region, tells PEI.

The $445bn pension's commitments to the lower-fee structures significantly dwarfed its fund commitments in its latest investment report.

Special purpose acquisition companies are both an opportunity and a threat, interim chief investment officer Dan Bienvenue tells the pension’s investment committee.

European markets are easing the path to public markets to lure more PE funds and their portfolio companies as SPACs become more mainstream.

Firms with the means and resources can access the US retail market via the 1940 Investment Companies Act, which them to raise non-institutional capital.

The market may have balked, but the firm’s deal to buy its insurance affiliate makes plenty of sense.

The buyout firm collected about €220m more than its original target in a fully virtual fundraising process.

Lenders are rethinking due diligence after a private equity manager was arrested on charges that he forged LP commitments.

The independent advisory industry has had to navigate a material increase in regulatory burdens due to the UK's departure from the EU, says chief executive Andrew Sealey.

California's second-biggest public pension has been growing its co-investment programme steadily for several years as part of its system-wide 'Collaborative Model.'