All Private Equity articles – Page 14
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Opinion PiecesNews Notes: Private investing ‘levels up’ playing field
The UK’s recent government white paper – ‘Levelling up the United Kingdom’ – forcefully pushes for private investing. In it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims he is determined to “break that link between geography and destiny, so that it makes good business sense for the private sector to invest in areas that have for too long felt left behind”.
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FeaturesStrategically speaking – WTW: Democratising private markets
WTW’s ill-fated merger with Aon, announced at the outset of the pandemic in early March 2020, would have shaken up the corporate insurance brokerage market. It would also have created an outsourced CIO (OCIO) giant to compete with Mercer in terms of delegated assets under management (AUM).
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FeaturesAhead of the curve – Late-stage growth: a growing priority in PE portfolios
With additional options to fund growth outside of an initial public offering (IPO), start-ups are staying private longer. The average age at which venture capital-backed companies go public has increased from about 4.5 years during the 1990s to about 6.5 years today.
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NewsKeva reports 48% return on €11bn private equity portfolio
Finland’s biggest pension fund posts 15.8% return for 2021
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NewsSwedish buffer funds: AP3 posts 21% while PE-only AP6 returns 49%
Listed equities, alternatives and krona weakness power returns in 2021, says AP3
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USS sees new £500m private markets move as net-zero help
University scheme announces interim net-zero targets
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Sampension demands more Paris alignment from external managers
Proportion of UN PRI signatories on Danish pension fund’s PE, infrastructure manager roster rose to 81% in 2021 from 54% two years before
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NewsAP2 lays ghost of 2020 with ‘best ever’ return of 16.3% in 2021
Fund bounces back after 2020 returns were weaker than peers AP1, AP3 and AP4
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ATP gives highest-ever pensions hike, but sees lower returns ahead
Nearly half of the geared investment portfolio return came from inflation-linked instruments in 2021
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NewsPrivate equity component developed for IIGCC net-zero framework
New PE guidance relevant to both GPs and LPs
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NewsATP greets business leader trio as advisers for new direct investment unit
Danish pension fund appoints Niels Jacobsen, Marianne Kirkegaard and André Rogaczewski to advise on ATP Long Term Danish Equity investments
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German pension funds plan higher exposure to alternative assets
VBL, BVK and ÄVWL disclose details of their alternatives portfolios
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Unlocking the UK’s entrepreneurial spirit
Unlocking pension funding and changing mindsets can catalyse the true potential of successful small businesses, says Chris Hulatt, co-founder of Octopus Group
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Industriens Pension reports 66% return on private equities in 2021
Danish pension fund makes 16.8% return overall last year; CEO warns of lower gains in future
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NewsACCESS Pool picks adviser for illiquid assets
The first illiquid investment vehicles are expected to be launched in 2022/23
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UK investment pool adds £1.2bn to private market investments
Border to Coast private markets programme worth £5.7bn
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FeaturesBriefing - Private equity: the case for transparency
A recent paper published by US-based academic Ashby Monk and others arguably says it all in its title – *An Economic Case for Transparency in Private Equity*.
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NewsIncrease in ESG focus for private investors – Coller Capital survey
LP appetite for co-investing is another area that shows no sign of slowing
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German Versorgungswerke on path to up corporate private equity exposure
The survey showed that 13-19% of Versorgungswerke plan to enter infrastructure equity and debt, and corporate private equity for the first time
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NewsPrivate markets-hungry investors most keen on growth capital – survey
Investment bank Numis surveyed 200 institutional investors in September
