private equity

F&C has strengthened its UK institutional distribution teams with two senior hires at its London office.

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.