LPs
CalPERS plans to reduce relationships
Major US LP the $203 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is planning to reduce its number of GP relationships, in a bid to improve returns and cut costs.
Korea's NPS made 10% return in 2009
South Korea’s $241 billion National Pension Service (NPS), the nation’s biggest LP, boosted its returns last year, posting a 10% return on assets in 2009, according to South Korea’s welfare ministry, following an 0.2% loss in the year before.
Industry Q&A: Matthew Arkinstall, Greenpark Capital
Matthew Arkinstall, Investment Director at leading secondaries specialist Greenpark Capital, gives his view of the current investment environment in Australia.
Pantheon sold to AMG for $775 million
Pantheon Ventures, the UK-originated global fund-of-funds manager, has been sold for some $775 million in cash by Russell Investments, its owner since 2004, to Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), a US asset management firm coordinating a network of affiliates...
Axis Bank to cater to family offices
In an attempt to capture the growing family office market, Axis Bank is planning to offer an all-inclusive service for India’s ultra-high-net-worth individuals or families with assets exceeding Rs100 crore ($22.5 million).
Thai Government Pension Fund will boost PE, realty
Thailand’s Government Pension Fund (GPF) will boost its overseas investments, including private equity fund investments and direct investments in real estate and infrastructure, Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, secretary-general of GPF announced earlier in Bangkok....
Philip Bilden of HarbourVest Partners
Philip Bilden, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at influential fund of funds HarbourVest Partners, talks about the firm's investment strategy and the relative attractions of different regional markets.
US BBH deploys partner to Hong Kong
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co (BBH), a US private bank offering specialist private equity services, will relocate its senior partner Andrew J. F. Tucker to Hong Kong in order to develop business in Asia.
CalPERS places spotlight on placement
One not strictly Asia Pacific development that emerged lately – but one that certainly has implications for GPs here – is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing controversy over the relationship between California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)...
NEA kicks the slump
The world’s largest VC firm, New Enterprise Associates, has announced the final close of its latest global fund, New Enterprise Associates XIII, at just under $2.5 billion, bringing its total committed capital to some $11 billion.
Private equity activity freeze thaws in Asia
AVCJ focuses on LP views of the region’s attractions looking ahead into 2010
LP terms of endearment
LP views differ re the value of private equity to their portfolios; but all agree they want – and expect to get – better terms in their relationships with GPs going forward.
The KY Tang Top Ten for 2009
KY Tang’s Top Ten list for the year ahead has become an institution at the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forums – and beyond.
Future Fund may join CPP IB, OTPP on Transurban
Australian SWF the Future Fund has announced that it is in discussions with North American institutional investors Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan over potentially joining their bid for local toll road operator...
CIC may double up funds
PRC SWF the China Investment Corporation (CIC) reportedly may be due to receive a follow-on investment from PRC authorities roughly equal to the $200 billion it launched with in 2007.
CalPERS supports placement lobbyist status
The board of US LP giant the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has voted to back draft California state legislation compelling placement agents seeking business from public pension funds to register as lobbyists.
Japan's monster new LP
The tentative merger of Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., will power up their private equity allocations in Japan after both banks consolidate assets to create the largest trust bank in Japan.
ILPA principles are emerging winners
Leading development finance institutions have lined up to endorse the Private Equity Principles recently promulgated by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) – a strong signal for GPs and advisors across Asia Pacific that the principles...
CalPERS commits to SAIF
Leading US LP the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has reportedly agreed to commit $120 million to SAIF Partners IV, the new fund being raised by SAIF Partners for growth capital and late-stage VC investments in China and India....
Australian Catholic Super invests Partners Group, Lexington
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) – which recently changed its name from the Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund – has reportedly made two new private equity commitments of A$50 million ($46.3 million).
LP mythbusters miff GPs?
Another week: another milestone along the fundraising trail.
LPs lose love for private equity?
The winter 2009-10 edition of the Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer suggests that international investors’ perceptions of private equity as an asset class have taken a sharp lurch downwards since the global financial crisis broke.