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.
Scott Davis was promoted to CIO from deputy CIO and Bo Ramsey to deputy CIO from director of PE at the Indiana Public Retirement System.
2 min read · 01 July 2016
The VC firm is targeting $1bn for its third digital growth fund and $400m for its 17th early-stage fund.
2 min read · 30 June 2016
Various public pension funds in the US and Canada have voiced their unaltered long-term outlook for private equity and see potential opportunities arising from market volatility.
2 min read · 29 June 2016
General John F. Campbell has joined the firm’s operating executive board to assist in sourcing and evaluating deals, among other responsibilities.
2 min read · 29 June 2016
Origami Opportunities Fund III had significant LP demand exceeding its $400m target but had to meet a hard deadline for the final close.
1 min read · 28 June 2016
The Nordic firm’s previous fund closed in 2014 on its Skr2bn target.
2 min read · 28 June 2016
US-based GPs and LPs are choosing to wait and see what unfolds with Brexit, rather than react.
2 min read · 27 June 2016
Blackstone Core Equity Partners, which is meant to hold investments for longer than the typical 3-5 years in private equity, has raised $2.6bn.
1 min read · 24 June 2016
For the first time, Illinois ranked first in the amount of PE capital invested among all US states, with $94.64bn invested in the state last year, supporting the American Investment Council’s message that private equity has become ubiquitous in the US.
2 min read · 24 June 2016
Uncertainties with the upcoming UK referendum and the US elections have put private equity investors in an ‘era of caution’.
3 min read · 22 June 2016
