Performance

The firm has been focusing on more institutional-quality opportunities in the region, according to its co-chief executive.

The two advisory firms are set to merge, combining Aksia’s private credit and hedge fund specialties with TorreyCove’s focus on private equity and real assets.

Four additional entrants have been welcomed into the HEC Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame, launched in 2017 by associate professor Oliver Gottschalg.

Fund performance data show the former is likelier to deliver better returns in the US and Asia, while Europe’s homogenous nature gives pan-regional strategies the edge.

The country’s mid-tier lenders are piling into the asset class in a bid to generate additional business opportunities in their respective locales.

Cheap, borrower-friendly loans proved a comfort to LPs and GPs at SuperInvestor, despite sentiment indicators ticking down this year.

High valuations on entry and an onerous fee burden are causing investors to look elsewhere.

The $388bn pension fund will need to expand its core managers list and SMAs to reach its target allocation, consultant Meketa told the pension's board on Monday.

Private equity was one of the largest contributors to performance during the quarter for the Canadian pension giant.

Performance details of the firm's last five flagships were disclosed in pension documents obtained by Private Equity International.