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The covid-19 crisis has done nothing to derail the transition to a carbon-free economy, being driven by some of the world's largest assets owners, the UN climate envoy has said.

The pandemic is an opportunity to return to a 'better normal', according to Yoshitaka Todoroki, who oversees PE and infra at the $1.5trn Japanese pension giant.

Institutional investors want to avoid mistakes they made post-GFC and want to capitalise on investment opportunities working around covid-19-induced limitations, Probitas has found.

KKR Asian Fund IV, which has been in market since March, is already 40% larger than its 2017-vintage predecessor.

ATP Private Equity Partners, which invests on behalf of the country's largest pension, will raise third-party capital for the first time.

Laura Coquis, who was most recently managing director at OMERS, joins Aviditi Advisors along with recent hires from KKR and First Avenue Partners.

The firm made a 6.5% GP commitment to Fund X, the largest by far across its vehicles, managing partner Kristoffer Melinder tells PEI.

Private equity investors favouring familiarity in times of crisis could miss out on opportunities to deploy capital, a panel has heard.

Schroder Adveq is one of the latest western firms to benefit from Shanghai's QFLP programme, which provides access to a market that has until now proved elusive for international LPs.

The pension giant has promoted a senior principal from its private equity funds team to lead the unit after former head Michael Woolhouse left to join TPG.