Investment Allocations

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.

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.

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New opportunities are arising for LPs, but there are ongoing pain points to address.

LPs are keeping a close eye on trade and tariff developments, but are not changing their allocation strategies and investment portfolio mix yet.

Private credit investments have started to arrive on the sports field.

The private equity business of the asset management arm of German insurer Allianz has grown from €18.5bn in AUM as of end-2020 to around €30bn this year.

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.