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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.
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.
Inside Mercer’s blueprint for private markets in DC
From co-investment-heavy portfolios to equity-based liquidity management, Mercer is using scale across its DC platform to embed private markets into its default strategy. Mercer…
Reconsidering private markets for DC decumulation
Investors are exploring where private markets can add value in the retirement phase of defined contribution pension schemes – and where the industry risks applying accumulation-stage thinking to a fundamentally different problem.
Why private markets are key to defence reset
As governments accelerate spending and security priorities shift, private capital is moving deeper into the defence ecosystem. For institutional investors, the change is testing assumptions about risk, responsibility and their role in delivering security and resilience.