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22 Apr

Earth Day in the Private Markets: Three Pension Plans Making Strides in Renewables

Each year on April 22 we celebrate Earth Day, a day that serves primarily to bring attention to the impact that humans have on our planet and the importance of environmental protection.

Reducing carbon emissions is a consistent theme of Earth Day and we want to take the opportunity this year to highlight three pension plans that are working to do just that by expanding their allocations to renewable energy.

30 Mar

Where are Private Markets Returns Headed?

Released last week by eVestment, Consultant Outlooks: 2021 is an aggregated look the capital markets assumptions compiled from six industry consultants. Aon, Callan, Meketa, NEPC, Verus, and Wilshire. Sourced from eVestment Market Lens from December 2020 through February 2021, the data offers a look into what these six top consultants expect to see in the private markets.

09 Mar
Vermont Pension Investment Committee

Most Viewed Private Equity Investor Documents: Vermont Pension Investment Committee

Each month, thousands of documents are added and viewed on eVestment’s Market Lens platform. In February, one of the most viewed documents was a Private Markets Pacing Analysis presentation from consultant RVK for Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC). VPIC is responsible for administering the assets of the public employees of the state of Vermont and is an active in the private markets.

16 Feb

Top Private Equity Managers by Pension Plan Commitments in 2020

Our newly published report, detailing commitments reported by public pension plans to private funds through 2020, uncovers that 120 plans reported commitments of $83.1 billion to private equity funds in the year. The total represents a 20% increase from the 2019 full year figure and shows that institutional investors were able to adapt to digital due diligence and push forward with commitment pacing plans.

10 Feb

Public pension plans keep pace with commitments in 2020 despite challenges of virtual due diligence

New data from eVestment Private Markets: Published February 9, 2021, the year-end edition of the eVestment Private Markets Monthly Monitor found that public plans investors committed $154.6 billion to private funds in 2020. The amounted to a 2% increase from the previous year’s mark and indicate that pension plans were not afraid to put capital to work during the pandemic.

27 Jan
Portfolio Modeling

Three Portfolio Modeling Scenarios that GPs should be prepared to share with LPs

Fund Investor InsightsInvestor Relations Three Portfolio Modeling Scenarios that GPs should be prepared to share with LPs by Andrés Ramos, Content Marketing Specialist - eVestment Private Markets While investors rode out the market volatility and economic disruptions seen over the course of 2020, challenges remain for private fund managers as we move into the new [...]