The Alaska Permanent Fund has brought on former Microsoft executive Jeffrey Scott to manage the $30bn state investment fund. The fund allocates 10 percent, around $4bn, of its pension pot to real estate.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The world's largest owner of infrastructure assets will now raise third-party capital to back infrastructure GPs around the globe.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The public pension has committed to Carlyle’s fourth Asian growth fund, Welsh Carson’s 11th buyout fund, First Reserve’s 12th energy fund and Clessidra's second Italy-focused fund. Together these four funds are targeting more than $22bn.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The director of private equity for London-based fund of funds manager SVG Advisers says new funds are unlikely to go to market until 2010, yet firms now fundraising still have sources of capital. He also thinks the current environment making large deals difficult to execute will change in two to three years.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The CEO of London-based placement agent MVision says mega-funds may struggle to get commitments next year and must prepare for longer fundraises. He also finds LPs are now allocating up to 20 percent of their private equity programmes to growth-oriented emerging markets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Unable to find a superior offer amid 'the current turmoil in the capital markets', Teranet’s board withdrew its opposition to OMERS’ unsolicited bid for the provider of electronic land registry services. The offer was set to expire on 17 Oct.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The managing director of Sydney's Principle Advisory Services, an Australiasian placement agent and advisor, expects factors including the 'denominator effect' and risk perception to decrease the size of re-ups and lenghthen fundraising times. He also thinks Russia- and Brazil-focused funds are in for a tough time.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The C$52bn Canadian pension plan with an in-house private equity arm has followed in the footsteps of Ontario Teachers’ and the CPPIB by crossing the pond to source deals.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A study released by INREV at the ExpoReal conference has revealed that almost two-thirds of fund managers are reviewing the terms of their vehicles, with many set to extend. It's a 'question of timing', INREV tells PERE.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Real estate prices are set to decline by up to 25 percent in developed markets, according to Townsend co-founder Kevin Lynch. However he said there were plenty of opportunities amid the distress, telling PERE at the ExpoReal conference in Munich that investors were increasing their allocations to the asset class.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
