private equity

Pension schemes are looking to increase allocations to private equity but demand greater transparency, reporting and risk management from providers, a report suggests.

Pensions diversify but dubious about fees; Pensions select firms for direct investment; Steady yields tempt investors back; UK companies overpay £100bn in DB schemes; Accounting change to show extra public debt; Poor health means a better annuity - and...

Pension reforms: Hutton warns ministers over punitive rise in costs; Only a third of people saving for retirement; Low-paid struggle to find a pension; Private Equity to provide low earners with their nest eggs

Pensions Bill; Public sector pensions; Local government pension gap balloons to £71.5bn; Survey points to failures for private equity

GLOBAL - Emerging markets will capture an even greater share of investor allocations to private equity as limited partnerships (LPs) aggressively seek exposure to high growth markets, research suggests.

SWITZERLAND/GLOBAL - Swiss alternative asset manager LGT Capital Partners has closed three private equity funds after raising $4.1bn from institutional investors.

US - Blackstone Group LP, the world's biggest private-equity firm, won a $200m commitment for its sixth buyout fund from the Oregon state pension system after agreeing to fee concessions.

GLOBAL - Private equity funds have recovered from some of the heaviest losses of the global downturn, research has shown.

GLOBAL - LGT Capital Partners has closed its Crown Global Secondaries II (CGS II) fund after total subscriptions from pension funds and other investors reached US$1.2bn.