Based in New York, Annabelle Ju covers North American institutional investors and fund regulation as the US Private Equity Reporter for Private Equity International and private funds management. She previously reported on market structure at Bloomberg and obtained her Master of Science degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Subscription credit lines can artificially boost IRRs, private equity advisor TorreyCove says in a report.
4 min read · 06 October 2016
RueOne founder Jeff Baehr identified a need for accredited investors to make direct, deal-by-deal investments after seeing flaws with traditional comingled funds.
3 min read · 06 October 2016
The Canadian firm closed its latest fund, Penfund Capital Fund V, on C$724m, above both its C$525m target and its predecessor, Penfund Capital Fund IV, which closed four years ago on C$460m.
2 min read · 05 October 2016
<em>The Orange County Employees Retirement System, which commits 5.2% of its $12.5bn fund to private equity, expects to issue an RFP by mid-November.</em>
2 min read · 04 October 2016
The $6.1bn university endowment’s investment office, which has more than a quarter of its assets in private equity, is considering a move to the Big Apple to source better candidates for its 20-person team.
2 min read · 03 October 2016
The law firm continues its hiring spree, after appointing two new partners in its London office last month.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
The alternative assets giant's global head of private equity said it is a 'treacherous' time for investors, who face soaring asset prices and low returns, and warned LPs not to repeat the pre-crisis mistake of over-committing capital to the sector.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
The growth equity firm expects to begin deploying capital from FTV V after fully deploying FTV IV, which is 85% invested.
2 min read · 26 September 2016
Chicago-based growth equity firm GTCR promoted two to managing director and one to principal.
2 min read · 23 September 2016
Thomas Carella, who retired in April from Goldman Sachs’s merchant banking division, where he was a partner, will be responsible for healthcare investing as Warburg’s partner and managing director.
1 min read · 23 September 2016
