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.
The fund was oversubscribed and closed on its target under a year after its final closing.
2 min read · 06 April 2016
DFW Capital Partners V was in market for 6 months.
1 min read · 05 April 2016
KKR’s sale of SMCP, which it acquired in 2013, to Chinese textile manufacturer Shandong Ruyi generated an IRR of over 20% and a 2x money-on-money return.
2 min read · 04 April 2016
As the baby-boomer generation looks to retire and sell their family-owned businesses, owners remain skeptical about the benefits of a private equity buyer.
2 min read · 04 April 2016
Berkshire Fund IX is $1bn larger than the previous fund, which closed in 2011 on $4.5bn.
2 min read · 01 April 2016
Sun Capital Partners’ Funds III and IV, which acquired copper company Scott Brass in 2006, are liable for the retirement liabilities owed to a New England pension fund by their portfolio company.
3 min read · 01 April 2016
The firm has branded its former employee’s allegations as “nothing more than petty slights and trivial inconveniences”.
2 min read · 31 March 2016
State Street Global Advisors is planning to pay $485m in cash with the transaction expected to increase its assets under management by $100bn.
2 min read · 30 March 2016
The ultimate performance of a fund is determined as early as its fifth year, according to a study of 700 PE vehicles by Pantheon Ventures.
2 min read · 30 March 2016
Brandon Halm, Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System’s director of alternative investments, left the pension fund after almost three years.
1 min read · 30 March 2016
