Investors

How do LPs see the distressed opportunity set?

GPs observe opportunity in refinancing with attractive terms while LPs want to hedge macro risk.

Asia-Pacific fundraising is playing the long game

Fundraising for Asia-Pacific has been extremely challenging over the past two years, but the foundations for long-term growth are strong.

Carlyle-backed insurer completes $4bn annuity reinsurance deal

The transaction is Fortitude’s sixth in Japan, and brings its originations to $8bn in 2025.

Alaska’s Waldrop on the danger of too much focus on DPI

In this nine-minute interview, Alaska Permanent Fund’s deputy CIO says prioritising distribution ratios as a metric will cause GPs to do ‘very unnatural things’.

Geopolitical concerns impacting majority of LPs’ investment decisions – report

Investors believe 2025 will have improved deal and exit volumes for private markets in spite of US policy uncertainty and looming tariffs, according to a survey from Adams Street Partners.

Goldman Sachs: The great pivot for insurance investors

Executives at insurance companies with $14trn of assets prefer private debt, particularly investment grade credit, a new report found, and they see public debt as range bound.

NYC Comptroller’s office commits $350m to Hayfin strategy

Four of the five NYC pensions allocated to Hayfin Tactical Solutions Fund, sources say

Amid a storm of uncertainty, thinking on sustainability is getting sharper

Sustainability-related initiatives are clearly focused on material, impactful, financial objectives, if comments at NEXUS 2025 were anything to go by.

LA pension mulls a five-year private credit pacing plan

Adviser RVK recommended raising its private credit allocation to target 5%, or $300m-$400m, per year through 2029.

NMSIC’s leader: Asset-based lending taking priority in private credit ramp-up

The private credit head at the $60bn sovereign wealth fund discusses the rationale behind asset-based lending interest and reasons for caution in a booming market in this Q&A.