How Pension CIOs Are Dealing With the Pandemic Storm
Handling asset rebalancing, maintaining board relations, and dealing with outside managers with big ideas are important items on plan managers’ agendas.
Tag: private equity
Longtime Monarch Private Equity Gets Its Crown Knocked Off
Prospects for exits, money-raising, and new deals dim amid the scary economic slide.
Alternatives
CAIA Clears Path for Democratization of Alternative Assets
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst organization cites the key attributes the alternative asset industry must improve upon to become more accessible.
Alternatives
Coronavirus a Boon for 2018/2019 Private Equity Vintage Funds
New funds will acquire portfolio companies at bottom of price curve.
Alternatives
NY State Pension Invested $2.7 Billion in Alts Just Before Market Tanked
The $210.5 billion fund invested more than $2.2 billion in private equity and no money in public equities.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Survey Finds Varying Levels of Institutional Investor Confidence in the US Government’s Ability to Contain Pandemic
Eaton Partners examines institutional investors’ adaptive strategies to the market and outlooks across several key considerations regarding the coronavirus.
Alternatives
Investors ‘Double Down’ on Alts Amid Market Turmoil
Market concern is increasing investors’ appetite for alternative assets.
Asset Management Culture
Research Finds Large Variations in Performance Across LPs Investing in the Same Funds
Harvard/Stanford paper finds pensions would have earned an aggregate $45 billion more if private equity fund distribution waterfalls were uniform.
Alternatives
Alternative Funds Top $10 Trillion in Assets Under Management
However, report finds an ‘increasingly challenging’ future for the industry.
Asset Allocation
Big Danish Pension Fund to Trim Fossil Fuel Investments
The trend toward sustainable investments heats up as Denmark’s ATP joins the movement.
News
Private Equity Funds Raise Nearly $600 Billion in 2019
Real estate fundraising tops $150 billion while private debt activity slows.
Newsmakers
The Disaster That Made Blackstone’s Schwarzman Who He Is Today
The private equity titan’s 1989 stumble taught him valuable lessons.
Asset Management Culture
Investments in Fintech Hit Record High in Q3
Investments in firms are led by Asia, with China and India head to head for top spot in region.
Frozen Liquidity Problem Solved, Kinda, So Alts’ Popularity Grows
Liquid alternative investments let you cash out, but what will happen in the next market panic?
News
New Mexico Investment Council Rethinks Private Equity, Creates Emerging Manager Program
Efforts try to expand the reach and effectiveness of the program.