Manager Research & Selection | Private Markets
Investment Manager, Local Government Pension Scheme, UK
Expert support for illiquid investment
Peter Hobbs’ team of specialists provides expert support across private debt, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, trade finance, agriculture, timberland, renewable energy and more.
A customised approach to portfolio design and manager selection, creative fee negotiation to minimise leakage and strong due diligence support all add particular value in private markets. Broad coverage ensures smaller, specialist boutiques are uncovered. With high performance dispersion and long-term horizons, manager selection is key to managing implementation risk.
Case Studies
Implementation in focus
Private Equity Fund of Funds
An Italian Pension Scheme seeking to allocate EUR 100mn to a private equity solution that would generate a net IRR above 7% per year.
Diversified Private Markets
An Asian institutional investor was seeking to invest US$200 million in a segregated mandate which provided diversified exposure across a range of private markets strategies.
Private Equity & Infrastructure Blend
An Asian institutional investor was seeking to invest US$200-300 million in segregated fund-of-funds mandate that included exposure to both private equity (>80%) and value-add infrastructure (20%), with a target net return of 16-20% in USD terms.
Due Diligence, US Direct Lending
A UK local government investor appointed bfinance to conduct due diligence before seeding a new fund being launched by one of is incumbent managers.
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