Investment Allocations

Otro is expected to soon roll out an inaugural flagship fund earmarked for investing in sports, media, gaming and entertainment.

A ‘trading mentality’ approach to private equity is risky for non-institutional investors.

Investors at the BVCA Summit weighed in on the pitfalls of disclosing GPs’ portfolio propositions as the asset class opens up to newer investors.

PEI spoke with Aware Super’s global head of private equity, Jenny Newmarch, about the pension’s appetite for emerging managers, increasing its direct investments, and the decision to open its first office outside of Australia in London.

Managing directors Steve Poon and Ming-Hau Lee, who both specialised in China special situations, left the firm in September to explore new opportunities, PEI has learned.

Private equity firms are looking at experientiality and brand affinity to connect with consumers and capture future spend.

Industry heavyweights anticipate a wave of capital to come into private markets asset classes in the coming years – a dynamic that seems inescapable.

Japan could be ‘second only to the US', Joan Solotar, Blackstone's global head of private wealth solutions, tells PEI.

Customised investment accounts made up more than one-fifth of the pension’s $59.7bn PE portfolio.