Private Equity
The placement agent and advisory firm has hired UBS veteran Steven Westerback as head of the Americas.
2 min read · 04 December 2017
The sale is at least the second between the Universities Superannuation Scheme and the investment firm as the UK pension faces a growing liabilities deficit.
1 min read · 04 December 2017
Primary and secondaries market players are keeping a keen eye on the process involving the firm's €4.3bn 2008-vintage fund.
2 min read · 30 November 2017
HVPE, the investment firm's listed vehicle, is focusing on niche managers with specific skills, according to managing director Peter Wilson.
2 min read · 28 November 2017
Cyril Demaria, head of private markets at Wellershoff & Partners, argues secondaries provide a false sense of security to investors and that the benefits of mitigating the J-curve may have been oversold to LPs.
3 min read · 27 November 2017
Sanjeev Phakey, an investment manager who has spent the last six years at one of the UK's largest pension funds, joins to focus on fund and co-investments.
1 min read · 23 November 2017
A revamped internal structure, new business lines and a focus on separate accounts have helped the firm thrive in a tough market for funds of funds, says head of secondaries Wouter Moerel.
5 min read · 23 November 2017
The Duke Street Capital founder says he wants Disruptive Capital Finance to become a mini-Partners Group.
2 min read · 15 November 2017
Former Silicon Valley executive Charly Kleissner set up the KL Felicitas foundation in the early 2000s with his partner Lisa Kleissner to focus on ‘value alignment’.
2 min read · 07 November 2017
Temasek’s upcoming Astrea IV deal could herald a way for retail investors to access private equity in earnest.
3 min read · 07 November 2017
