Vanguard To Broaden Private Equity Access to Qualified Individual Investors 19 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Private equity strategy will initially be available to eligible non-advised Vanguard clients Read more
Manulife Investment Management Receives Authorisation for Irish AIFM 19 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Authorisation enables the passporting and sale of Manulife's private markets funds to professional investors across the European Economic Area Read more
Neuberger Berman Launches Private Equity ELTIF 19 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Professional and eligible retail investors across Europe will have access to the fund with a minimum investment of EUR 50,000 Read more
ESG Moving Up Private Equity Agenda but Climate Risk Exposure Needs More Understanding 12 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton ESG factors are now routinely evaluated by private equity firms when making investment decisions Read more
Suzanne Streeter, Alex Band To Become Co-CIOs at Partners Capital 11 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Co-CIOs Streeter and Band are Partners at the firm and were previously the asset class Heads of Private Equity and Public Equities, respectively Read more
Private Equity Targeting of Fund Distribution Platforms Set To Continue 10 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Private equity ownership of platforms has increased from just 2% of the market in the U.K. five years ago to around 15% today Read more
Financial Services Capital Appoints Kevin Cunningham as Partner 10 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Cunningham will lead FSC’s investments in the insurance sector Read more
FCA Launches Long-Term Asset Fund Consultation 7 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton The aim of the new long-term asset fund (LTAF) would be to provide a fund structure through which investors can invest with appropriate confidence in less liquid assets Read more
Central Park Group Adds Roger Lengyel as Head of Private Equity Secondaries 7 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Lengyel was formerly a senior investment professional at Fortress Investment Group Read more
Willis Towers Watson Launches Working Group To Explore 'New Breed' Of Equity Manager 5 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton One of the focus areas for Willis Towers Watson’s working group is the potential for a new type of passive, or beta offering, within private equity Read more
Perwyn Advisors Opens Paris Office 5 May 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton New location is the first outside of the U.K. Read more
BlackRock Holds Final Close of BlackRock Private Equity Opportunities ELTIF 29 April 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton €509mn close one of the largest ELTIFs to date Read more
GCM Grosvenor Exceeds Diverse Manager Allocation Target Ahead of Schedule 29 April 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton $2bn diverse manager allocation target met in two years Read more
AssetMark, iCapital Network Partner on New Offering 27 April 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton AssetMark Alternative Investments by iCapital is a customized alternative investments service on the AssetMark platform Read more
Blackstone Adds Five to Global ESG Team 27 April 2021 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton Five newly created positions intended to support the firm's ESG initiatives across all business units Read more