Some of North America’s largest funds – including British Columbia Investment Management Company, CalPERS and Maryland State – are ramping up their allocations to private markets, building in-house talent to take advantage of private equity and co-investment deals.
Private equity investments are consistently beating the S&P 500 with beta that is “less than you think,” according to one of the world’s leading academics on private equity, Professor Steve Kaplan.
Building the expertise for direct investment in global real estate and infrastructure is a priority for the new CIO of the United States’ largest pension fund. Nicole Musicco spoke to Amanda White in an exclusive interview at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium.
Raghuram G. Rajan, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, argues that Federal Reserve policy suggests inflation will start to come down. He reflects on the toxic risk of high levels of leverage combining with asset declines.
Stephen Kotkin, the John P Birkelund Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University, cites the many risks of investing in China.
While many allocations struggle in a downturn, it presents opportunities in private credit some of which are already starting to appear.
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