Asset Allocation
Venture Capital Is in the Dumps, But the Money Keeps Rolling In
While IPO paydays have dwindled, first-quarter VC investments outpaced all of 2021’s.
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Asset Allocation
Venture Capital Is Booming, But for How Much Longer?
With the stock market down, the VC gorge-fest could pull back in 2022, PitchBook warns.
Asset Allocation
You Thought 2021 Was a Big VC Year? Ha!
A huge number of venture capital-backed companies are poised to go public in 2022, says PitchBook.
Asset Allocation
So, SPACs Are Dead Meat? Not a Chance
The craze for the blank check outfits might have dwindled, due to the SEC, but they’re still a good investing choice, our symposium panelists say.
Europe’s Venture Capital Finally Flowers, Luring Institutional Investors
Why big allocators on this side of the Atlantic, like CalSTRS, CPPIB, and OMERS, are seeding Old World newbie companies.
Why Venture Capital Is Doing So Well
With stocks and bonds offering meager futures, pension plans and other investors find under-appreciated VC beats another alt, private equity, which grabs all the attention.
UK Bank Touts Venture Capital, Growth Equity for DC plans
British Business Bank says alt assets could boost returns, reduce volatility.
Asset Allocation
CalSTRS Proposes Direct Private Equity Should First Target Co-investments
The more cautious approach to direct private equity investing at the second-largest US pension plan contrasts with a more aggressive approach by CalPERS, the biggest US plan.