Private Capital CFOs Face Growing Demand for Transparency
Fund financing, reporting and risk management are investors’ top concerns, according to a CSC survey.
Alternatives
Endowments’ Alts Allocations Hit Plateau
As these institutions have less room to scale up their private markets programs, they are slowing down their investments in alternative asset classes, according to a report from Morgan Stanley.
BlackRock Sees Strong Institutional Demand for Private Credit
The asset class, along with infrastructure, drove the firm’s inflows during the first quarter, while executives downplayed woes related to investor BDC redemptions.
MSCI Buys Secondaries Market Data Company PM Insights
With the purchase, the index provider seeks to bring transparency to private market pricing, valuation, transaction and liquidity data.
Large Endowments Hold Steady With Private Market Allocations
Despite emerging headwinds for higher-education institutions, these long-term investors are staying true to what they know.
Private Equity Dealmaking Set to Rebound, per McKinsey
While deal value is increasing, the industry still faces structural headwinds.
What LPs Expect From Their Alts Managers
Limited partners report that ‘depth beats noise, and alignment beats hype’ when evaluating new general partners, according to a survey from LP networking community Commonplace.
IFM Investors Maps Path for Australia’s Super Funds to Meet US Infrastructure Funding Gap
To revitalize American infrastructure, IFM described pension funding as a ‘generational opportunity.’
Private Credit Grapples With Sustained Investor Skepticism
Investor unease has pressured the investment class.
Indiana Mandates Access to Crypto Investments for Participants in Certain State Retirement Plans
The state is the first in the U.S. to require digital assets be an investment option in public defined contribution plans through a brokerage window.
Paltry PE Returns Weigh Down La Caisse as 9.3% 2025 Return Misses Benchmark
The meager 2.3% return from the Quebec pension fund’s private equity portfolio fell well short of the benchmark’s 12.6%.
Harvard Adjusts Tech Portfolio, Loses 35% in 2 Months on Ethereum ETF Bet
The $57 billion endowment slashed its holdings in Amazon, Microsoft, Bitcoin and Nvidia, while raising its stakes in Alphabet and Taiwan Semiconductor.
What the Push for Alts in Retail Channels Means for Institutional Investors
Limited partners have questions about their managers’ quest for new sources of capital.
KKR Announces Deal for Sports Investor Arctos Partners
The $1.4 billion acquisition of the Dallas-based firm will add exposure to the growing sports opportunity.
Institutional Investors See Crypto, Private Equity as Top Assets for Risk-Adjusted Returns
U.S. corporate debt and stocks, along with gold, are among the least attractive assets for managers over the next five years, according to Nickel Digital Management.