Investors

PSERS considers $150m commitment to I Squared infra credit fund

The Pennsylvania pension fund is running ahead of its 7% target allocation to private credit.

APG, TIAA help Arcmont raise €475m for impact credit strategy

NPM first reported that Arcmont had registered an impact credit fund last November.

The large capital pools shaping the present and future

The emerging private markets landscape sees the largest managers fighting for wealth capital, further enforcing their dominance over capital raising.

Amid a PE industry slump, NYC pension has billions for deals and funds

NYC’s pension system is preparing to deploy $7bn-$8bn into private equity, a signal that despite setbacks and what many LPs consider underperformance of late, a top investor is fully on board with the asset class.

APAC insurer AIA appoints first private assets head

The institution’s $133bn investment management unit has appointed a former head of alternatives from Singapore’s NTUC Income to the newly created role.

Blackstone, CVC, Oaktree eye Asia in global insurance build-out

Asset managers wanting to raise more capital from insurers in Asia need to raise their game, say insurance executives, as the region presents particular hurdles.

The UK pension performance challenge

The Mansion House Compact was an attempt to address a pressing issue and has encouraged a more proactive stance to private markets – but there are challenges.

Chinese insurers eye global private credit opportunity

The industry wants to invest in foreign private debt, and given its $4trn-odd in assets, even a small allocation would be a very big deal. Sun Life’s Ben Deng, former CIO of two of China’s biggest insurers, discusses the landscape.

CalPERS seeks advice from Oaktree Capital Management’s Howard Marks

Marks spoke to the board in January, following the firm’s decision in March 2024 to increase its private credit allocation from 5% to 8%.

At the forefront of the UK’s private markets push

Phoenix Group has signed up to the UK’s Mansion House Compact and launched an investment initiative with Schroders. The firm’s chief credit officer Michela Bariletti discusses UK pensions’ performance deficit and the role of private assets in addressing it.