CalPERS, the $499.7bn California Public Employees’ Retirement System based in Sacramento, is looking to strengthen its private credit, private equity, and compliance and risk teams amid increased allocations and staffing challenges, according to a report by Pensions & Investments.
The Securities Commission Malaysia has published a “practical guide” to venture capital and private equity, aimed at prospective VC and PE fund managers, service providers and investors, for the first time, according to a report by The Star.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has voted to support the California bill that requires private equity and hedge fund firms to obtain consent from the state attorney general for acquisitions or changes in control of healthcare facilities or provider groups.
The SEC has suffered a major setback in its bid to increase oversight of the private equity and venture capital industry after a US appeals court threw out a new rule requiring managers to provide investors with fees and expenses each quarter.
The California State Assembly is considering a bill requiring private equity firms and hedge funds to obtain consent from the state’s Attorney General prior to any change of control or acquisition of healthcare facilities or provider groups.
Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, has urged private equity firms to provide more information or face stricter regulatory measures, according to a report by City AM.
Private equity firms can capitalise on opportunities for modernisation, digitalisation and consolidation in the wealth management sector, according to Christian Kent, a Managing Director in global investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s fintech group, who last month advised on CBPE Group’s sale of Perspective Financial Group to Charlesbank.
The Biden administration has initiated an inquiry into small acquisitions made by private equity companies within the healthcare industry, amid concerns that buyouts have had a negative impact on both patients and workers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The growth of the private credit market will attract increased regulation, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing Andrew Palmer, CIO of the Maryland State Retirement & Pension System, who spoke at the Council of Institutional Investors’ spring conference in Washington on Tuesday.
Stricter rules for private credit funds operating in Europe are set to be approved by the European Union this week in response to recent rapid growth in the sector and a subsequent uptick in concerns over potential risks to the stability of financial markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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