Arleen Jacobius

Santa Monica

West Coast Bureau Chief at Pensions & Investments

Arleen Jacobius is a Senior Reporter at Pensions & Investments (http://t.co/KrlD2niBbH) covering private equity and real estate.

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Articles

Pension funds crank up the heat on private equity in hot seat for labor practices, worker cuts

1 month ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Pension funds and other asset owners are turning up the heat on their private equity managers that have been criticized for portfolio companies' less-than-stellar behavior. Private equity firms are under investigation by Congress as well as the subject of state and federal legislation and federal regulations. Private equity managers are also being sued for cutting costs at the expense of employees, their customers and society, in industries ranging from healthcare and rental homes to childcare.
Managers hunting for digital infrastructure, real estate acquisitions

1 month ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES March 03, 2025 08:01 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Getty Images Real estate money managers are pinning their expectations for a recovery on mergers and acquisitions, hoping to help them capitalize on an expected infrastructure boom — or simply gain scale to survive.
California bill would limit private equity, hedge fund involvement in health care decisions

2 months ago | craincurrency.com | Arleen Jacobius

California state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon has introduced a bill that would bar private equity and hedge funds invested in a physician or dental practice from interfering with the professional judgment of physicians or dentists in making health care decisions.
California bill introduced to limit private equity and hedge fund involvement in healthcare decisions

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES February 20, 2025 03:51 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Getty Images/iStockphoto California state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon has introduced a bill that would bar private equity and hedge funds invested in a physician or dental practice from interfering with the professional judgment of physicians or dentists in making healthcare decisions.
CalPERS preps search for outside auditor to review staff's valuations

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home SEARCHES AND HIRES February 20, 2025 01:11 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print CalPERS is preparing to launch a request for proposal on March 19 for an outside actuarial valuation and certification firm. The board of the $533.4 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Sacramento, approved the RFP at its Feb.
CalPERS edges closer to total portfolio approach

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home PENSION FUNDS February 20, 2025 11:08 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Bloomberg CalPERS inched closer to potentially adopting a new total portfolio approach with a presentation exploring key risk trade-offs and the board’s ultimate selection of its risk appetite.
CalPERS takes issue with Trump administration's step back from required climate risk reporting

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home ESG February 19, 2025 02:36 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost said she and her staff plan to go to Washington to defend efforts by the SEC and the industry promoting consistent reporting of climate risk to investors. Transparency is a key component Frost said at the board’s Feb.
PSG closes $6 billion North American flagship fund, $2 billion continuation fund

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES February 12, 2025 02:00 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Ra2studio/Dreamstime PSG, a growth equity firm, announced the closing of its sixth North America flagship fund, $6 billion PSG VI and a multiportfolio company continuation fund, $2 billion PSG Sequel, a spokeswoman said. PSG invests in software and technology-enabled services companies.
TPG wants to double its AUM in less than 5 years, organically or via M&A

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES February 12, 2025 09:45 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett TPG executives are aiming to double the firm’s assets under management to $500 billion “over the next several years,” possibly in less than five years, said Jon Winkelried, CEO during the firm’s Feb. 11 earnings call. “I think that it's hard to predict exactly ...
Equity in private credit deals falls in 2024

2 months ago | pionline.com | Arleen Jacobius

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES February 11, 2025 04:08 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Getty Images The proportion of equity in private credit deals fell to 47% in 2024 from 49% the year before, law firm Proskauer Rose’s annual private credit report showed. The five-year average equity in deals was 46%.