The Ivy League endowment’s strategy of investing heavily in via active management strategies has seen copycat efforts from other endowments, but fee loads are prompting questions about whether that was such a good idea.
3 min read · 04 October 2018
The prospect of Japanese institutional investors eventually becoming cornerstone investors in funds and other investment structures was discussed at PERE’s annual conference in Tokyo.
2 min read · 04 October 2018
At least one limited partner was ‘surprised’ by the firm’s decision to pull the plug in the region and concerned that the spun-out team needs greater incentivization.
5 min read · 04 October 2018
The US retirement system has promoted from within after a national search.
1 min read · 04 October 2018
The asset class was among the worst-performing for the Ivy League university over the past 20 years.
2 min read · 03 October 2018
Limited partners in the firm’s 2010-vintage $400m co-investment vehicle can approve an extension or sell to a secondaries buyer.
2 min read · 03 October 2018
Majority of the Singaporean firm’s real estate investments are in Singapore and China, but the firm is now planning to increase its share of investments outside Asia.
3 min read · 03 October 2018
The San Mateo retirement plan needs to increase allocations to the value-add real estate strategy to hit its 10% allocation target.
2 min read · 02 October 2018
IGIS Asset Management has reached a final close on the first ever discretionary commingled fund focused on value-add investments in South Korea.
3 min read · 02 October 2018
After considering other applicants, the sovereign wealth fund decided to promote from within for the chief investment officer role.
1 min read · 02 October 2018
