Investor Commitments

Scandinavian industry participants from PwC, Skandia Asset Management, Permira and AP Fonden 7 remain unruffled by the political and economic uncertainty shaking some of the markets on their doorstep.

Multi-strategy managers are vying for SMA money, with KKR reportedly in line to land a $3bn whopper.

Details of the Scandinavian investor’s strategy for Fund IX were revealed in materials presented to a US pension.

A trio of US public pension plans all made commitments to Apollo IX, CVC VII and KKR Asian Fund III.

With assets in the trillions, a healthy penchant for private equity and autonomy over their investment strategy, family offices have a lot to offer fund managers.

Bitcoin has more than doubled in value to $4,425 since 16 July.

Market sources claim the fund had stopped new investments into vehicles focused on the country while Brexit negotiations are underway

It was a record-breaking first half - but which investors were behind it?

Large and mega-funds in the sector have, on average, deployed just $111bn of the $572bn raised over the past five years.

In the next 10 years, half of private equity managers will move to charging only on invested capital, predicts Richard Clarke-Jervoise, a partner at family office Stonehage Fleming.