Private Equity
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February, 2013
Private equity and local authority pension funds
Matthew Craig, LAPF Investments. Private equity is perhaps the unsung hero of return-seeking assets in pension fund investment portfolios. Matthew Craig examines how local authorities can benefit from the private equity factor. In recent years private equity has been overshadowed by more exotic or fashionable rivals, such as emerging markets, hedge ...
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February, 2013
Measured returns from private equity
Peter McKellar, Chief Investment Officer and Co-ordinating Partner, SL Capital Partners. Recent research into private equity demonstrates 300-400 basis points of outperformance over the long term compared to public equity markets. Peter McKellar of SL Capital Partners argues that investors in private equity should focus on manager selection to generate ...
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January, 2013
Private equity – public good?
Ray Maxwell, Specialist, AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers. Private equity has become a feature of most pension funds’ asset mix but it is still not particularly well understood. Allenbridgeepic’s Ray Maxwell notes that within the UK economy, private equity is one of the most significant agents of change and, as banks become reluctant to lend, it ...
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January, 2013
Why consider private equity for your portfolio?
Robert Coke, Head of Absolute Return and Buyout Investments, The Wellcome Trust For the Wellcome Trust, private equity has been a surprisingly consistent asset class which has delivered returns at a consistent premium to the public markets over a couple of decades. Robert Coke of the Wellcome Trust discusses some of the possible reasons for this ...
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