Investment Allocations

Investors and fund managers alike are waking up to the appeal of GP interest vehicles.

As Congress prepares to reform the tax code, private credit and private equity firms will square off with elected leaders over a tax deduction that is crucial to both asset classes, writes Andrew Hedlund of Private Debt Investor.

The US's largest public pension made $3.3bn of commitments to private equity in the 2016-17 fiscal year, down from $4bn the previous year, according to documents released this week.

Research from TorreyCove shows a ‘tenuous link’ between fund size and performance.

As the world's second-biggest sovereign wealth fund deepens its US footprint via a $5bn private equity fund with Goldman Sachs, we take a look at its portfolio and strategy.

While listed equities have their time and place, private markets are worth considering in today’s environment, writes Neuberger Berman's global head of alternatives.

Chinese pensions are expected to make a push into alternatives with a 6% allocation by 2030, according to a report by Casey Quirk, a Deloitte-owned consultancy.

The 500 largest fund managers held $2.5trn of alternative AUM at the end of last year, up 5% from 2015, according to the P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 500.

LPs lacking knowledge of the market could drive up valuations, Jean Claude Bastos de Morais, chief executive of Quantum Global, tells PEI.

The Canadian pension wants to make more direct investments and find investment partners in the Asia-Pacific region.