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Private equity: As carry sinks, pension funds are winning the talent war

Private equity: As carry sinks, pension funds are winning the talent war

A slowdown in private equity fundraising and shrinking carry payouts are pushing experienced professionals towards pension funds, handing institutional investors an unexpected recruitment advantage. Sarah Rundell looks at the funds in hiring mode and how demand for people experienced in fund, co-investment and secondaries remains buoyant.

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Texas politicians reinstate BlackRock as manager’s ties to the state grow

Public funds in Texas can work with BlackRock once again after legislators removed it from a blacklist of companies accused of "boycotting" the oil and gas industry. The decision comes as Texas's administration found alignment with the asset manager which backed key economic initiatives including the Texas Stock Exchange.

Dutch insurer NN flags loose lending and copious capital in private credit

Marieke van Kamp, head of private markets at Dutch insurer NN, flags growing risks in private credit. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, she also outlines NN's partnership model with managers and argues the case for sustainable real estate.

Behind Norges’ search for pure alpha

Despite uncertainties, Norges Bank is tipping that the US stock market will continue to outperform Europe in the next two decades. The mammoth fund also explained how it carved out a $90 billion pure alpha portfolio from passive investments, overseen only by 8 portfolio managers.

Future AI winners will command hardware, training data power

The current versions of AI are helpful at the “partial automation” of tasks, but the last mile of training to reach “full automation” will come with a dramatic escalation of costs. For investors who want to place their capital most effectively, there are some ways to spot an AI winner.

‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline

Policy uncertainty over issues such as US tariffs put investors in uncharted territory, but the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that one guiding principle at such moments is not to make big, risky bets.

Post-Liberation Day regime will attack portfolio weaknesses: Bridgewater

Bridgewater's co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour warned that many investors have built up significant vulnerabilities in their portfolios over the past 15 years, in a period defined by steady growth and US exceptionalism. But the post-Liberation Day regime will be much less favourable for traditional portfolios.

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