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Railpen’s Anna Rule on private markets and pensions policy
Private Markets Profile caught up with Anna Rule to discuss the main talking points of the Pensions UK Investment Conference
UK venture funding ecosystem takes shape
Multi-pronged approach seeks to overcome the traditional reliance on overseas pension scheme capital
Mandation row highlights divide over control of pensions capital
£400 billion in DC savings is a tempting target for a government struggling to fund its preferred causes and achieve economic growth, so the…
Inside NATO’s push to build a DSR tech venture ecosystem
The €1bn NATO Innovation Fund is deploying venture capital to support dual-use technologies, as governments seek to accelerate defence, stability and resilience innovation.
How asset-based finance can add to insurance portfolios
Corrado Pistarino, chief investment officer of Foresters Friendly Society, sets out how ABF provides the selective harvesting of differentiated risk premia.
Natural capital moves from ESG theme to key portfolio allocation
Investors see natural capital assets such as timberland evolving from a values-driven allocation into a tool for diversification, climate resilience and new revenue streams.
LPs adopt PE secondaries as core liquidity tool
Record-low distributions have forced investors to rethink private equity liquidity, with secondaries and continuation vehicles increasingly being used as portfolio management tools.
Private credit enters late-cycle phase with shift to manager alpha
Leading institutional investors say capital inflows and spread compression are reshaping private credit – but disciplined underwriting and structural complexity still offer opportunity as the cycle matures.
LPs adopt PE secondaries as core liquidity tool
Record-low distributions have forced investors to rethink private equity liquidity, with secondaries and continuation vehicles increasingly being used as portfolio management tools.
From EM risk into institutional-grade opportunity
EBRD CFO explains how additionality, on-the-ground presence and structured risk-sharing have allowed it to crowd in private capital to create wide-ranging impacts
Sir Nicholas Lyons: Mansion House target is only a ‘staging post’
Standard Life chairman calls for DC fund signatories to more than double 10% private markets allocations Standard Life chairman Sir Nicholas Lyons used a…
Institutional capital moves closer to funding UK scale-ups as vehicles take shape
UK scale-ups continue to raise less capital than US peers, but pension funds and asset managers say new vehicles are emerging to bridge the £50m-plus funding gap.
