Investment Allocations

The Boston-based pension system is awaiting board approval to increase its private equity allocation from 10% to 11% of its $62bn fund, after the asset class outperformed all others in 2016.

The Terra Firma founder is among investors in the latest fund from DN Capital.

The Orange County pension’s actual allocation to private equity was at just 5.47% in December.

The $107.5bn state pension’s private equity failed to outperform its benchmark for all six time periods observed as of 30 September.

In a new study, Partners Group addressed several key hurdles related to the inclusion of private equity in defined contribution pension plans.

The US public pension plan is considering investing in a special purpose vehicle to make private markets investments, bypassing external general partners.

Pantheon, which conducted the study, is one of the private equity firms looking to tap the growing defined contribution pension market.

New research shows 98% of investors anticipate a significant market downturn within the next three years.

The city’s retirement plan wants to commit more to mid-market and lower mid-market distressed for control situations.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas, which generates some of the best private equity portfolio returns among US public pension funds, won’t invest if it thinks GPs are being greedy