Secondaries Investor caught up with Emma Osborne, head of private equity fund investments at the listed vehicle, about what has changed in the 16 months since the acquisition and her plans for the Trust over the next five years.
4 min read · 25 June 2017
Two days after its chief investment officer hinted at possible cuts in private equity allocations, the Californian pension’s investment committee chair and board vice-president Henry Jones has said in a note on the pension’s website that the asset class is ‘essential’.
2 min read · 22 June 2017
Avista IV will invest solely in healthcare assets.
2 min read · 22 June 2017
Ted Eliopoulos cited controversies over fee transparency and its governance system as the reason it may need to shrink its private equity allocation.
2 min read · 21 June 2017
The Blackstone unit expects to take advantage of a rise in dealflow from mature assets.
2 min read · 20 June 2017
The intermediary will offer its revamped database free of charge to registered users.
2 min read · 18 June 2017
Crestline, which is based in Texas, has shifted towards the preferred equity niche. Secondaries Investor caught up with the firm’s head of PE credit and fund restructuring to talk deal sourcing and increased interest in preferred equity.
2 min read · 16 June 2017
While offering some concessions, the US Treasury Department said overall limits to private equity investment by banks should remain in place.
1 min read · 15 June 2017
One of the interests sold in the manager’s 2006-vintage distressed fund was a $100m stake held by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Secondaries Investor has learned.
2 min read · 15 June 2017
ATRS backed Landmark because it ‘quietly goes about its business with skill’, according to the pension’s executive director.
2 min read · 13 June 2017