Investment Allocations

While our annual ranking has revealed the industry’s biggest fundraisers, private equity firms face growing competition from several investors lurking in the shadows.  

The private equity firm will pay as much as $804m for the Swiss watchmaker as investors are given an 8 May deadline to commit to its seventh buyout fund.

The $24bn pension fund, which has 8% in private equity, plans to gradually increase its annual commitment pace to reach its 12% target by 2026.

What can be read into developments at the bellwether pension fund.

The $315bn pension plan wants its internal PE investment team to focus on identifying skilled managers rather than worrying about meeting the target asset allocation.

The $20bn pension fund increased its annual expected commitment range to $425m-$475m for 2017 after raising its target allocation to 12% for private equity in June.

The country’s finance ministry will consider whether its $871bn Government Pension Fund Global can invest in the asset class via funds or directly.

The $196bn retirement system points to Dutch, Canadian and Australian pensions for their direct and co-investing approaches.

The Ontario pension’s private equity portfolio returned 20.6% net IRR last year, far above the overall 6% return.

Results also showed that public pension funds are the most diversified LPs.