Public pension plans tracked by investment data and analytics firm eVestment reported USD154.6 billion of commitments to private markets funds in 2020. This is a 2 per cent increase from 2019’s totals.
CANDRIAM, a global sustainable and multi-asset focused investment manager, has launched an updated Sovereign Sustainability Model, highlighting how the emphasis of sovereign analysis must shift from economic development to sustainable development.
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) is launching the Allianz Resilient Opportunistic Credit (AROC) strategy.
In a year that was characterised by wild market swings and global economic turmoil, alternative asset manager Gresham House forged ahead with ambitious growth plans. Its CEO, Tony Dalwood, says the next step will be to take the group’s forestry platform international.
Adapt to survive: this was the message for the asset management sector in 2020, which turned out to be one of the most extraordinary and unpredictable years in living memory.
Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has created a new co-investment vehicle, which has attracted existing investors in its current Energy Transition fund, Mirova Eurofideme 4 (MEF4), as well as new clients.
MAPFRE and Abante have closed their first vehicle to invest in infrastructure with EUR300 million just three months after the fundraising began, 50 per cent more than the EUR200 million initially envisaged.
Nuveen, a global investment manager with over USD1 trillion of assets under management, is to acquire Glennmont Partners, one of Europe’s largest renewable energy fund managers, to meet increasing global demand for environmentally responsible investments that also aim to provide alternative sources of attractive returns.
Schroders has appointed Chantale Pelletier as Global Head of Infrastructure in Private Assets to lead the growth and development of its infrastructure investment platform.
MPC Capital AG has initiated a new renewable energy platform under the brand “MPC Energy Solutions”. In a private placement directed towards institutional investors, MPC Energy Solutions NV has successfully raised a total of NOK857 million (USD 100 million) in advance of its listing on Oslo Stock Exchange’s Euronext Growth segment.