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.
<em>Dyal acquired less than 15% of the Miami-based private equity firm in a deal that reportedly values HIG at $4.5 billion. </em>
2 min read · 04 August 2016
<p>Canada’s PSP Investments, which will acquire a minority stake in Israel-based furniture maker Keter, said in June that it had bought a 'significant minority interest' in BC Partners-owned Allflex.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 29 July 2016
Horbach's appointment is a milestone for Carlyle - she is the first woman to lead its US buyouts team - and for the private equity industry.
3 min read · 28 July 2016
Stephen Blyth had sought to improve returns at the fund, which invested about one-sixth of its portfolio in private equity as of September 2015.
3 min read · 28 July 2016
That’s because private equity firms are increasingly transparent with LPs about the fees they charge, Carlyle’s co-founder and co-CEO David Rubenstein said during a second-quarter earnings call with analysts.
3 min read · 27 July 2016
<p><em>Data from Boston-based investment advisor Cambridge Associates shows first- and second-time funds have often outperformed established funds.</em></p> <!--StartFragment--><p><em></em></p> <!--EndFragment-->
2 min read · 27 July 2016
Mexican pension funds can only invest in domestic private equity funds under current regulations, but Felipe Vilá Gonzalez, chief executive of Mexico’s fund of funds group Fondo de Fondos, says LPs are keen to diversify abroad.
4 min read · 26 July 2016
For self-service kiosk provider Outerwall, Apollo is paying less than the average earnings multiple it has been paying for assets purchased using capital from its Fund VIII.
3 min read · 25 July 2016
European LPs aren’t the only ones concerned with environmental, social, and corporate governance issues—these days, US LPs are increasingly keen to know what buyout giant KKR is doing to be part of the solution, KKR’s ESG director Elizabeth Seeger tells Private Equity International.
4 min read · 22 July 2016
A PEI survey of the global private equity community found that US-based investors are largely unaffected by Brexit in their outlook for the asset class in comparison to those in the UK and the rest of the world.
2 min read · 21 July 2016
