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PE returns lag behind US stocks and firms use higher levels of debt to finance ever-expensive purchases, according to latest reports from Bain and McKinsey.

The $68bn investor has received 'unsolicited proposals' to partially outsource and invest its alternative asset investment unit.

Anna Foller, sustainability manager at the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, talks us through the fund’s response to climate change.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood's Gabriel Boghossian and Sarah de Ste Croix outline three points of contention and practical steps to ensure effective LPAC operations.

Which investors have made the biggest commitments to Blackstone’s flagship private equity funds?

Brexit-related uncertainty has made valuations for UK mid-market companies more attractive, president and COO Jonathan Gray told Private Equity International.

Echoing the increasingly urgent public discussion around global warming and its impact, more investors are voicing their climate concerns, and goals, to their GPs.

The €33bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites' supervisory board will review its asset allocation plan in April.

Here’s how three limited partners are incorporating the strategy into their portfolios.

As the European Commission seeks to update AIFMD, Cyril Demaria of Wellershoff & Partners urges the sector to come up with counter-proposals for the sake of the industry and economic growth.