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Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... period to December last year report and included 190 investment managers across real estate, fund of hedge funds, private equity fund of funds, infrastructure and commodities. The report found global pension funds favoured real estate assets the most ...

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
US-based Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) pours $1.26 billion of new funds into private equity after its $2.3 billion investment in the sector turned to be a money spinner returning 23 per cent in the year to March. TRS confirms ...

CalPERS may lose $947 million

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... and expects the company to continue its operations. "The CalPERS fund, which includes stocks, bonds, real estate, private equity and inflation-linked assets, remains strong with a market value of assets of approximately US$245.4 (A$258.6) billion," said ...

Sunsuper teams with Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... team expansions and direct and co-investment deals that include property and infrastructure acquisitions, direct private equity and alternative energy projects. Sunsuper will also be signing up to Mercer Sentinel which is a dedicated team within Mercer's ...

Westscheme awards $10m private equity mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
West Australian industry superannuation fund Westscheme has appointed a $10 million private equity mandate to Brandon Capital. The biomedical-centric fund manager was awarded the mandate as Westscheme turned its attention to Australia's burgeoning medical ...

Co-investing gains momentum

... the likes of Babcock & Brown Capital and Macquarie Capital Alliance Group about co-investing with them in their private equity deals. Meanwhile, multi-manager giant QIC also looks to co-investing with global fund managers for their infrastructure portfolio. ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... the late June 2008, Adic expects to launch a $500 million infrastructure fund alongside UBS Asset Management. The private equity arm also plans to launch a fund for other institutional investors - both inside and outside Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, it's understood ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... as chief operating officer. In addition to Altius, Blackstone's other businesses in Asia include its corporate private equity fund (Blackstone Capital Partners), real estate opportunity fund (Blackstone Real Estate Partners), fund of hedge funds business ...

IFM adopts UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... management across its products and services. Moloney said of all the different asset classes the firm invested in, private equity would be the most difficult to find adequate ESG reporting. "Integrating it into private equity will be the hardest, but ...

Industry responds to APRA report

... comparing like for like performance because with the asset allocation, [not-for-profit] funds have invested more on private equity, infrastructure and other alternative assets," "That has implications in your performance but more importantly, on what's ...