The Japanese pension giant has received 23 proposals from private equity funds of funds in its first recruitment drive for external managers for alternatives.
2 min read · 31 July 2017
The world’s third largest pension fund maybe going through turmoil, but its alternatives programme still looks inviting to fundraisers.
2 min read · 21 July 2017
Daniel Garant left the Canadian pension plan, which is planning to launch an in-house secondaries team, to pursue other career aspirations.
1 min read · 13 July 2017
In this extract from The Secondaries Market, Brian Mooney and Jeremy Joersz of Greenhill Cogent discuss seller motivations and buyside demand drivers.
4 min read · 12 July 2017
The plans may include designing a metric to determine the US’s largest public pension’s exposure on a total fund level.
3 min read · 12 July 2017
The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has noted that high pricing amid global market uncertainty will deliver inadequate returns.
2 min read · 10 July 2017
The changes will enable the $209bn public pension to participate in restructurings and other complex secondaries transactions.
2 min read · 10 July 2017
The sovereign wealth fund, with estimated assets of $828bn, is broadening its range of deals including secondaries and direct investments.
2 min read · 05 July 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