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CDPQ, DP World bet on ports’ continued Covid resilience by expanding investment platform to $8.2bn

Canadian pension major CDPQ and supply chain specialist DP World have expanded their ports and terminals investment platform to $8.2bn through a new investment.

US pension system ramps up co-investing

The California State Teachers’ retirement system’s allocation to private equity co-investments rose roughly 50% in this year’s first half

Lothian Pension Fund appoints Gillian De Candole as its new portfolio manager

Scottish Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) has appointed Gillian De Candole as its new portfolio manager. De Candole will join after having clocked up over 15 years of experience across the investment space, both on the

Most European pension funds examine climate-change risks in their investments

Regulators, rather than wildfires, are the biggest reason for investors' change of heart

More than half of European pensions funds consider climate change when making investment allocations

Climate change has become a top priority for European pensions funds when picking their investment allocations, with 54% considering the environment before making their choice, according to a new survey by Mercer. The consultancy highlighted

Los Angeles Fire & Police Pensions has increased its private equity allocation

Los Angeles Fire & Police Pensions has upped its private equity allocation by 2 percentage points to 14%, according to Ray Ciranna, general manager of the pension plan. He revealed the change in an email

New York State pension fund agrees to $150m investment in fund run by Castlelake

New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) to invest $150m in aircraft-leasing fund managed by private equity firm Castlelake. When asked by IPE Real Assets about the timing, given how the coronavirus pandemic has affected

Climate risk rockets up agenda for European Institutional investors: Mercer

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: An overwhelming majority (89%) of European institutional investors, including pension schemes, surveyed now consider wider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks as part of their investment decisions, up from 55%...Article Link

AMB :- Climate risk rockets up agenda for European Institutional investors: Mercer

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: An overwhelming majority (89%) of European institutional investors, including pension schemes, surveyed now consider wider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks as part of their inv...Article Link

Commonfund expands diverse manager portal

Opalesque Industry Update - Commonfund, an asset manager for endowments, foundations and public pension investors, announced today the re-opening of its online Diverse Manager Portal. Originally launched last year, the portal was designed to broaden

Canadian pension giant OTPP to lose veteran CFO David McGraw after 16 years

Veteran Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan CFO David McGraw is retiring after 16 years with the pension fund.

US pension fund trims private equity commitment plans

The Arizona pension system is reducing its planned private equity investment this year in the face of slower distributions

After CalPERS Investment Chief’s Abrupt Departure, Trustees Talk Next Steps

The California pension fund’s board is searching for a successor to Ben Meng, while another state body investigates conflict-of-interest allegations.

CPPIB reveals over $590m of new private equity commitments as overall returns remain truncated

The $431bn-managing Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is the latest major institutional investor to see its quarterly returns stutter amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Public pension private equity commitments more than triple in June compared to May

Opalesque Industry Update - Private Equity investment commitments from public pensions tracked by eVestment more than tripled from May to June this year, ending a three-month drop off in commitments that began in March as

CalPERS reveals surprise resignation of CIO Meng, begins hunt for replacement

Pension giant CalPERS has revealed the surprise resignation of CIO Yu Meng after just 18 months in the role.

Beleaguered public pension funds make record gains in second quarter

Even so, annual returns for funds with June fiscal years were far short of long-term targets

Ocean Avenue Has Hard Cap Close

Ocean Avenue Capital Partners has closed Ocean Avenue Fund IV LP at its hard cap of $350 million. The new fund had an original target of $300 million. Investors in Fund IV include public and

KKR, CVC, Ares among big name PE firms picking up new NYSCRF commitments

KKR, CVC Capital and Ares Management were the big name private equity firms picking up commitments in the latest round of investing from New York pension giant NYSCRF.

Madison Dearborn Buys IPL Plastics

Madison Dearborn Partners has partnered with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to acquire publicly traded IPL Plastics at an enterprise value of $736 million. IPL Plastics (TSX: IPLP) is a maker of

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