PE firm, mandated by GPIF, seeks help

Earlier this week, Japan’s ¥113.6 trillion ($1.4 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pension fund, mandated third-party alternative investment firms to come up with ideas about helping the GPIF access the asset class. Now one of those appointees is turning to the wider world for ideas of its own. Brightrust PE Japan, a private equity firm with a buyout specialisation, is inviting submissions about “how best [a] large and conservative Japanese pension fund…