The development-focused asset manager has clinched a pledge from Kempen Capital for its new fund, which targets up to $300m over the next three years to support ag lending in the developing world.
3 min read · 12 June 2018
SMEs and mid-market companies appear to be benefiting from President Macron’s reforms, says ICG’s Nick Brooks.
1 min read · 12 June 2018
The $4.2bn pension fund currently allocates 16.4% to alternatives – with only 0.4% of its private equity portfolio assigned to private credit.
2 min read · 11 June 2018
The country’s four AP funds are one step closer to gaining more flexibility when investing in private markets.
2 min read · 11 June 2018
Market risks, on the other hand, are rising according to Nick Brooks, head of economic and investment research at ICG, in this two-minute video.
1 min read · 11 June 2018
For fixed income investors willing to accept illiquidity, infrastructure is a sensible choice on a risk-adjusted return basis versus corporate portfolios, says Adam Larkin, managing director at MIDIS.
1 min read · 08 June 2018
The fact that workplace diversity played a role in Chicago Teachers’ recent $50m infrastructure allocation underlines how important the issue is becoming to LPs.
3 min read · 07 June 2018
The Canadian pension’s director of funds says it is time to prepare to take advantage of an upcoming downturn.
2 min read · 07 June 2018
The retirement plan also increased its exposure to private equity and private infrastructure by 1% each, while targets for real estate equity and natural resources investments stayed the same.
2 min read · 06 June 2018
The Japanese insurer has emerged as an anchor investor in M&G’s European infrastructure debt fund as the UK asset manager looks to raise €286m from Asian LPs.
3 min read · 06 June 2018