Joe Marsh

The €27bn retirement fund is more relaxed about investments in private equity than infrastructure in the US, says head of private capital and real assets Jeppe Starup.

Several senior executives have left the UK life insurer ahead of its imminent rebranding as Standard Life, affiliate title Private Debt Investor has learned.

Executing allocation changes to unlisted assets is neither simple nor fast.

The pair will eye 'additional areas of collaboration' amid the insurer's plans to raise its alternatives exposure.

European governments have sharply ramped up defence budgets this year, leading to LPs and GPs alike undergoing a mass sentiment shift in favour of the sector.

'We are expecting some private equity managers to be investing in this area and we have been scanning their ESG policies,' says SPFF chief executive Timo Löyttyniemi.

Climate risk, DEI and other sustainability factors are still a focus for many investors – and GPs, it seems – despite the recent backlash against ESG.

Ashish Goyal will move on at the end of the year, joining other APAC departures from the $100bn pension fund and its Canadian peers, PEI has learned.

The firm has relocated a senior executive to lead the Singapore desk amid asset managers’ growing focus on targeting wealthy individuals.

The German family office holds around €1bn in private market assets, half of which is in private equity, chief investment officer Christian Wiehenkamp tells PEI.