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Private Equity Slammed By Pensioners In Ohio Fund Report

A group of retirees says the $80 billion Ohio state teachers’ pension fund is paying high fees to private equity firms for underwhelming returns.

06.04.21
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Amazon Sued By Pension Fund Over Broad Antitrust Allegations

A pension fund sued Amazon in Delaware on Thursday, seeking internal files to investigate the tech giant’s alleged scheme to monopolize online retail through agreements that raise prices across the internet and tax avoidance measures that give it more breathing room to undercut rivals.

06.04.21
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TA Associates Raises Fourteenth Flagship Growth Private Equity Fund With $12.5 Billion Of Commitments

TA XIV was launched in January 2021 and quickly became significantly oversubscribed, with demand exceeding its original $10.5 billion target.

06.03.21
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The Next Generation Of Would-Be Buffetts—And The Stocks They’re Buying Now

As value stocks emerge from their 15-year slump, it’s become increasing hard to be a true, deep-value manager. Here are seven managers to watch, and how they view value in today’s environment.

06.03.21
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A SPAC Frenzy Earlier This Year Could Lead To Riskier Deals. Here's Why

Once created, SPACs have just two years to merge with a company to take it public. That could mean riskier deals in the coming years.

06.03.21
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Change Afoot As PE Adapts To Market Environment

Manager Activity and interest in private equity has remained strong and though demand has been uneven following the Covid-19 outbreak, appetite for the asset class is set to remain high and the fundraising market strong.

06.03.21
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New Managers Struggle To Get Ahead Via Zoom

A discussion around due diligence in a lockdown environment finds that allocators have tended to stick with existing relationships through the pandemic making it difficult for managers approaching investors for the first time to form relationships and win mandates.

06.03.21
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Hawaii Pension Fund Nears Decade-Best Gain

A surging and resilient U.S. economy has put Hawaii’s largest public pension fund on pace to achieve its best fiscal-year return in a decade.

06.03.21
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Private Equity Bet On Troubled Caribbean Refinery Blows Up On Retirement Funds

U.S. private equity firm Arclight Capital Partners LLC, which invests the retirement savings of Maine teachers, NFL football players and Mayo Clinic doctors, lost hundreds of millions of dollars betting on a troubled Caribbean oil refinery, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters.

06.03.21
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Can Emerging Markets Recover From Disappointing Reflation Trade Performance?

The biggest problem may be that risk appetite doesn’t revive and they struggle to draw in cautious investors.

06.02.21