Ohessa erinomainen artikkeli Amwatchilta PE-markkinan valuaatioista. Näitä samoja teemoja mekin ollaan välillä ihmetelty, että miten yksi omaisuusluokka voi seilata ihan omaa elämäänsä
Fresh figures show major differences in pension funds' private equity returns — AMWatch Juttu on maksumuurin takana, mutta ohessa kiinnostavimpia poimintoja:
The Danish pension fund for early years professionals, Pædagogernes Pension (PBU) booked the largest return of 26%, while Industriens Pension saw the lowest return of -8.3% representing a difference of 34 percentage points, a comparison conducted by the Danish pension and investment analyst Nikolaj Holdt Mikkelsen shows.
“Of course, this could indicate that they are investing in different assets, but I think the dispersion in returns is mainly due to how fast or slow they have been to adjust the value of their assets,” he says.
Mikkelsen finds it remarkable that during a period of constant rate hikes that have subdued dealmaking, increased borrowing costs for leveraged buyouts, and made IPOs nearly impossible for private equity funds, Industriens Pension and PensionDanmark are the only Danish pension funds to report negative returns from the asset class.
During last year’s major downturn in listed markets, the valuation of private equity and other alternatives also raised eyebrows as pension funds reported widely different returns and some portfolios of unlisted assets seemed to defy gravity.
Following an inspection earlier this year, the Danish FSA recently ordered several pension funds to evaluate their alternative investments more frequently.
”We have discovered something that we think needs to be corrected. So there’s still potential for improvement in terms of the processes and methods that have been set up to ensure that valuations are sufficiently frequent and accurate as the market develops,” Per Plougmand Bærtelsen, Deputy Director General of the Danish FSA.