Investment Allocations

HVPE, a listed fund of funds that invests in and alongside HarbourVest-managed funds, transitioned to the main market of the LSE last year.

The $25bn pension fund is pulling back its commitment level to private equity to avoid the denominator effect as its overall fund is growing more slowly than expected.

The $34bn asset manager is bolstering its San Francisco office after raising nearly $1bn for infrastructure and natural resources in a year.

The C$287.3bn pension fund also reached a new high for its overall asset value.

The customised accounts represented 8% of its overall PE portfolio, which now sits at $26bn.

The New York-based investment bank has to meet Volcker Rule standards, which requires banks reduce their private investment interests to 3% of their tier 1 capital by the new July 2017 deadline.

These would-be private equity investors have yet to commit wholeheartedly to the asset class, but if they did the impact would be significant.

Brian Hughes, who heads the $180bn pension fund’s private equity team, on the value of diversification in the face of global macro headwinds.

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