co-investment

The three assets – Vaucluse, One Tree and Racecourse – are expected to fetch more than A$400m for investors in Proterra’s Black River Agriculture Fund 2.

The inability of many LPs to execute, despite their interest in co-investment, has left GPs frustrated, says the pension's investment director Yup Kim.

The $286bn pension will source private equity co-investments through its already-existing program.

Senior vice-president Mario Therrien says the tie-up provides the C$333bn pension with a ‘window’ into a sector it sees as a real assets portfolio extension well-suited to its long-term sustainability focus.

Principal Ryan Ramsey says a limited pool of buyers helps make the nascent secondaries market an exciting space within agriculture.

The Canadian pension fund has launched a new strategy to access the budding landscape of agtech companies emerging across the value chain.

Mbuyu Capital Partners co-founder Michiel Timmerman says low or non-existent fees for co-investments in Africa feed demand for such deals among his pension fund and endowment clients.

Co-founder and co-chief executive Dustin Beck says Butterfly worked with OTPP’s direct investing unit on the acquisition of a majority stake in Orgain earlier this month.

While the opening panel at our 2018 Forum in Chicago acknowledged such near-term headwinds facing managers as increased competition for fixed income, there was optimism for long-term growth.

Select Equities hopes to raise A$100m from a majority of domestic investors before listing the Bio Fund at a 20% to 40% premium. We zoom in on the mechanics of the 'private-to-public' vehicle.