Asset Classes
Cost disclosure overhaul
Investors should adopt the ILPA standardised fee reporting template for private equity, say Mike Heale and Andrea Dang from CEM Benchmarking
Mike Heale and Andrea DangFebruary 1, 2016
FIS Chicago 2015
Be contrarian
Investors should be contrarian in their private equity allocations because there is a negative relationship between capital flows and returns.
Amanda WhiteJanuary 13, 2016
Uncategorised posts
‘Asset class alpha’, and sector ETFs
A large percentage of the outperformance of private equity can be replicated by using sector exchange traded funds, according to new research.
Amanda WhiteDecember 11, 2015
Uncategorised posts
Demystifying private equity
US public pension funds, on average, have around 9.4 per cent allocated to private equity but for many public funds monitoring the firms that manage these investments – including the transparency of underlying investments, fees, performance and benchmarking – as well justifying these investments to boards and stakeholders, takes up more than 10 per cent […]
Amanda WhiteAugust 12, 2015
Research
Fees eat diversification’s lunch
The balance between the allocating to the right number of asset classes and over-diversification is a concern for pension fund investment executives and committees. A new paper by professors at the US Air Force Academy examines the relationship between fees of diversifying asset classes and their diversifying benefits. The paper finds that, in many cases, […]
Amanda WhiteJanuary 30, 2015
FIS Harvard 2014
Concerns over private equity leave pension funds wary
Institutional investors are clearly attracted to private equity, but remain wary of the sector for its perceived lack of transparency and ability to be measured, high fees and a sense that they cannot invest into the sector as truly equal partners. “It’s clear that now is a time with a lot of flux in private […]
Simon HoyleOctober 29, 2014