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The Universal Owner — Wednesday, May 27, 2026

A 17% PE target, a new 8% private-credit bucket, the FSB's first private-credit warning — and one chart.

A 17% PE target, a new 8% private-credit bucket, the FSB's first private-credit warning — and one chart.

In this episode

  • CalPERS is about to tear down the walls between its asset classes — and lift private markets as it does.
  • The regulator just put a number on the risk pensions are buying.
  • Pensions are doubling down on private credit anyway — and writing bigger standalone targets.
  • Britain hard-wires the same trade into law.
  • The cushion that makes the risk-taking possible.

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