Joncarlo Mark, founder of Upwelling Capital Group and a former Senior Portfolio Manager for CalPERS, shares his deep understanding of private equity’s impact on the institutional portfolio.

John Breen discusses the value that he and his team tried to create on behalf of the millions of pensioners who are the ultimate clients of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Experts from Doughty Hanson & Co., the Environmental Defense Fund, Global Environment Fund, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts explore how sustainability programs are impacting portfolio performance.

Jim Fasano, head of principal investing for The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, describes the unusually fluid interplay between his firm’s public and PE allocations, and offers insight into a deal that made every LP co-investor in the world envious – Skype.

William Spiegel, managing director of private equity firm Pine Brook, and Satish Kini, a partner and co-chair of law firm Debevoise & Plimpton’s Banking Group, discuss shifting opportunities, risks, and more.

Paul Renaud, President and CEO of OMERS Private Equity, details his firm's investment appetites and capabilities, geographic expansion, its transition to direct investor, and more

New research from a trio of star academics bolsters what previous studies concluded – private equity, and in particular US buyout funds, have outperformed the public markets for a long period of time, writes David Snow

HSBC Capital (Canada) CEO Dave Mullen on how his firm helps Canadian middle-market businesses go to the next level and develop greater non-Canadian revenue streams.

Is the recent pull-back from private equity among some Australian LPs distinctively Down-Under or the beginnings of a troubling global trend, asks David Snow

What is the right way, and wrong way, to build a co-investment program? With Michael Kramer of Neuberger Berman, Scott Gallin of PineBridge Investments, Satyan Malhotra of Caspian Private Equity, and Solomon Owayda of Siguler Guff.

Privcap’s conversation with Chris Arsenault of iNovia Capital and Amar Varma of Extreme Venture Partners reveals a venture market confident in its ability to back world-changing innovation.

Privcap interviews Rakesh Saraf, head of private investments for the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund.

As the private equity investment opportunity has changed, investors have sought out general partners who have track records of truly adding value to their portfolio companies. With Susan Long McAndrews of Pantheon Ventures, Robert Long of Conversus Asset Management, Bela Szigethy of The Riverside Company and John Vester of EY.

Targeted at $2 billion, Bain Asia Fund II is unique in that it gives investors a choice between two very different sets of terms, writes David Snow

Private equity performance remains a hugely under-researched topic, but help may be on the way for an information-starved market. This is good, because investors shouldn’t commit capital to an asset class they can’t effectively measure.

Scott Kalb, the CIO of the Korea Investment Corp., told the delegates at today’s IFC/EMPEA conference that the GPs he backs must offer reasonable fees and significant co-investment opportunities.

The SEC is right to rethink rules around ‘general solicitation.’ The startup world will always have ‘fraudsters,’ but does it need so many ‘finders?’ asks David Snow

What do you get in exchange for investing in the management company of a private investment firm? In theory, a lot. But to date, not much, writes David Snow (table of GP stake sales included)