Investment Allocations

Each investment or fund commitment should be able to survive the analytical rigour and the scrutiny of the pension's entire team, according to senior PE investment manager John Bradley.

These firms have become more diversified and their sticky revenue stream is tied more to management fees, according to director and head of private equity Mark Hoeing.

Australian sovereign fund's executive tells conference investors must adapt and improve their processes to keep up with the influx of capital into private equity

The sovereign fund, which has struggled to meet its pacing target, will likely have less capacity for new fund commitments over the next five years.

The continent’s private equity is scaling up, with regionalisation emerging as a key strategy. PEI scouts out where activity is highest and where the next opportunities will be.

PEI caught up with Neil Stanford, head of PE at the A$45bn superannuation fund, to discuss its push into Aussie VC and its aversion to large domestic buyouts.

Private equity must outperform all other strategies for the pension plan to reach its assumed rate of return, says chief investment officer Dhvani Shah.

Vulcan Capital, the multi-billion family office of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has around 5% of its portfolio invested in the region, CIO Chris Orndorff tells PEI.

Just under 1% of defined benefit pensions plan to raise their exposure to the asset class this year.

The pension system is combining alternative assets into one pool and will re-assess all GP relationships, trimming for better strategic partnerships.