Investment Allocations

The Dallas Police & Fire Pension System attributed its 12.6% loss to private equity and real estate investments.

Data from Boston-based investment advisor Cambridge Associates shows first- and second-time funds have often outperformed established funds.

Mexican pension funds can only invest in domestic private equity funds under current regulations, but Felipe Vilá Gonzalez, chief executive of Mexico’s fund of funds group Fondo de Fondos, says LPs are keen to diversify abroad.

European LPs aren’t the only ones concerned with environmental, social, and corporate governance issues—these days, US LPs are increasingly keen to know what buyout giant KKR is doing to be part of the solution, KKR’s ESG director Elizabeth Seeger tells Private Equity International.

Direct private equity assets reached $640bn, or 18% of the total managed by the top 100 alternative asset managers worldwide, according to Willis Towers Watson.

Private equity assets reached $640bn, accounting for 18% of total alternative assets under management worldwide, according to Willis Towers Watson. Direct private equity funds under management rose 6 percent to some $640 billion in 2015 as the global appetite for alternative assets continued to grow, research by advisory firm Willis Towers Watson has found. “There’s […]

The Boston City Retirement System is searching for investment firms to manage a private markets mandate for three years.

Various public pension funds in the US and Canada have voiced their unaltered long-term outlook for private equity and see potential opportunities arising from market volatility.

Fund of funds and secondaries prove most popular strategy choices.

The Bank has made commitments to a number of UK-focused private equity funds; there will be no immediate changes to its engagement with the country, it has said.