LP Profiles
15 February 2012
Private equity could be in danger of becoming a victim of its own success, unless investors can free themselves from outdated and poor-performing fund commitments, says Joncarlo Mark, former senior portfolio manager in CalPERS’ Alternative Investment Management (AIM) programme.
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1 February 2012
A trend for active ownership is helping limited partners shed the dated stereotype of being merely passive participants in the private equity space, according to Nathalie von Niederhäusern, co-head of investment management at Swiss Re's private equity investment arm.
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13 January 2012
With a private equity investment programme that has yielded almost 20 per cent over the past two decades, Teachers’ Private Capital – the C$12bn private equity investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – is under constant pressure to maintain its performance.
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22 September 2011
Since August of 2008, Leo de Bever, CEO of AIMCo, has been managing $70bn of Alberta, Canada’s government public sector financial assets, including the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
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1 August 2011
Private equity has held up better than expected during the downturn, according to Dirk Meuleman, fund manager focused on private equity and infrastructure at Netherlands-based pension fund administrator Mn Services.
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21 July 2011
Tim Creed, executive director in charge of European investments at fund of funds Adveq, caught up with AltAssets to discuss the most attractive investment destinations in Europe, the charms and hazards of turnaround, and how the firm’s earlier predictions of a “Tripolar” investment world have played out.
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18 July 2011
David Ford, managing partner of wealth manager Gatemore Capital Management, discusses his firm’s approach to asset allocation, the desirability of transparency among private equity fund managers and the stability of the US relative to other developed markets.
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5 July 2011
John Rompon, managing partner at Chicago-based McNally Capital works directly with more than 350 family offices to help them make and manage their investments in private companies and private equity funds.
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2 July 2011
Pantheon Partner Helen Steers sat down with AltAssets to discuss how the private equity industry is being transformed as a result of the financial crisis and why fundamental shake-outs in this asset class never really happen. Plus, the anticipated impact on exit sources with the newfound availability of debt; what she really thinks about secondary buy-outs, fees and terms; and why success amongst certain GP funds boils down to ‘super active equity’.
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11 June 2011
Sam Robinson, head of global investment at UK fund of funds investor SVG Advisers, met up with AltAssets to discuss the return of secondaries, the hazards of Asia, and being optimistic about Europe without being bullish.
Robinson has played a significant role in the creation, investment and portfolio management of all fund of funds managed by SVG Advisers, including the Diamond, Asia and SPEFOF programmes.
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