Private Equity

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Private equity: Florida SBA mulls CFOs as alternative to secondaries

Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) is exploring innovative new strategies in its private equity portfolio like Collateralized Fund Obligations and “NAV loans” to tap liquidity and reposition the portfolio as an alternative to selling in the secondaries market.

Sarah RundellJuly 23, 2024

Investor Profile

Looking for the exit: Oregon battles overweight allocations to illiquids

Oregon Investment Council’s exposure to private markets has been a great source of excess returns over the years, but today the overweight allocation to illiquid markets is a growing concern with ramifications for liquidity particularly.

Sarah RundellMay 8, 2024

Featured Story

Private equity angst at Oregon

A stubbornly high exposure, lacklustre M&A deals and exit activity as well as a slowdown in fundraising and deployment and market volatility creating benchmarking havoc have all conspired to cause consternation in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund's private equity allocation.

Sarah RundellFebruary 1, 2024

Investor Profile

Tangible change at Fordham endowment in manager re-vamp

Geeta Kapadia, CIO of Fordham University’s $1 billion endowment is rolling out a suite of changes that include paring back the fund's 50 or so manager relationships, introducing new passive allocations, testing the water on internal management in fixed income and preparing the ground for an inaugural sustainability strategy.

Sarah RundellDecember 7, 2023

Sustainability Oxford 2023

Private equity well positioned to decarbonise portfolios, but still lagging

Private equity has the potential to play a strong role in decarbonising portfolios, but many funds are lagging both in transparency and in action towards net zero, investors from Harvard and Oxford endowments and the French fund Caisse de Depots said.

Ben HurleyNovember 30, 2023

Investor Profile

Why Textron isn’t investing in private credit

Renowned contrarian investor Charles Van Vleet, CIO of the $10 billion corporate pension fund for US aerospace and defence giant Textron explains why he favours private equity over private credit.

Sarah RundellOctober 31, 2023

Investor Profile

Private equity: Florida SBA mulls CFOs as alternative to secondaries

Investor Profile

Looking for the exit: Oregon battles overweight allocations to illiquids

Featured Story

Private equity angst at Oregon

Investor Profile

Tangible change at Fordham endowment in manager re-vamp

Sustainability Oxford 2023

Private equity well positioned to decarbonise portfolios, but still lagging

Investor Profile

Why Textron isn’t investing in private credit

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