Medical Research Future Fund, part of Future Fund, plans to acquire mature private equity stakes and commit to managers who hold assets for shorter time periods.
2 min read · 02 November 2016
Removal of restrictions on asset holdings by Solvency II, coupled with low fixed income returns, is encouraging insurers to allocate more cash to alternatives.
2 min read · 31 October 2016
GP-led restructurings once sat comfortably in the ‘non-traditional secondaries’ bucket, but the definition is evolving as buyers search for higher returns through even more complex deals.
3 min read · 28 October 2016
The preeminent sovereign wealth fund of the country has opened a satellite office in Hong Kong which will house research professionals.
2 min read · 27 October 2016
The world’s largest pension plan has issued an RFP for investment consultants to advise on its underweight alternatives portfolio.
2 min read · 26 October 2016
Tim Recker has been running the $9bn private markets portfolio for the University of California Regents, which invests in secondaries and has also sold stakes.
2 min read · 11 October 2016
Scott Jacobsen has left the US’s largest public pension fund after six years in its private investments team, Secondaries Investor has learned.
1 min read · 03 October 2016
The Japanese insurer’s decision to create an alternatives division follows sister company Japan Post Bank’s move in December to establish a private equity division.
1 min read · 30 September 2016
There is increasing scepticism among limited partners regarding fund restructurings and recapitalisations, according to Oregon State Treasury’s Sam Green.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
The Canadian pension giant has emerged as the buyer of stakes in Apollo Global Management and Blackstone-managed funds, Secondaries Investor has learned.
2 min read · 11 September 2016
