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Hostplus head of infrastructure Jordan Kraiten tells us how its young member base gives it the luxury of patience, as it finds itself newly underweight on the asset class.

The North American firm’s third fundraise is said to be targeting $5bn, with a hard-cap of $7bn.

Being invested in a private equity fund, even if it produces below-benchmark returns, can be more attractive than having cash lying fallow, according to a survey by Palico.

The asset class has generated a net return of 9.9% over the last year, with GIP II its top performing fund, returning a net 15.88%.

CIO Robert 'Vince' Smith talks about infra's strong performance and why he wants more of it to help round out the $21.5bn endowment's real return portfolio.

Multi-strategy managers are vying for SMA money, with KKR reportedly in line to land a $3bn whopper.

With assets in the trillions, a healthy penchant for private equity and autonomy over their investment strategy, family offices have a lot to offer fund managers.

The Chinese life insurer remains cautious about overseas investments, but could invest up to 15 percent of its $333bn assets in overseas markets.

Albourne America replaced Aon Hewitt to oversee the $29.7bn retirement system’s investments in real estate, private equity, credit and real assets.

The insurer is set to join Allianz and Prudential’s Asian asset management unit, paving the way for the emerging markets-focused initiative to start investing, says head of infra Bernard Sheahan.