Private Equity
3 min read · 16 September 2013
Institutional investors would appear to be well-served backing firms on their debut, second and third funds, according to an analysis of this year’s Buyouts funds returns database. At a minimum our analysis found no reason to think they provide returns any lower than average.
2 min read · 03 September 2013
Analysis of a broad sample of buyout and related funds within the Buyouts returns database finds that persistence of performance has been a force for vintage years 1995 to 2008. In other words, the top performers tend to stay at the top; the bottom performers tend to stay at the bottom. That said, recent academic research shows persistence of performance waning for U.S. buyout funds after the 2000 vintage.
2 min read · 02 September 2013
A lot of money has poured into emerging manager portfolios over the last decade.
3 min read · 12 August 2013
More and more endowments and foundations, overwhelmed with the job of managing complex portfolios in a volatile world, are outsourcing their investment functions to third-party money managers, according to an August white paper from the Commonfund Institute. The “outsourced CIO” trend has big implications for private equity firms, as money managers gain discretion over more assets.
2 min read · 07 August 2013
Following a second closing in June, Olympus Partners is up to $2.2 billion on Olympus Growth Fund VI LP, and the firm is “pretty much done” with the fundraise, according to a source close to the effort.
2 min read · 06 August 2013
More and more endowments and foundations, overwhelmed with the job of managing complex portfolios in a volatile world, are outsourcing their investment functions to third-party money managers, according to an August white paper from the Commonfund Institute. The “outsourced CIO” trend has big implications for private equity firms, as money managers gain discretion over more assets.
2 min read · 06 August 2013
W Capital Partners late last month said it had wrapped up its third fund earmarked for investments in the shares of venture-backed and sponsor-backed companies, also known as secondary directs.
4 min read · 01 August 2013
W Capital Partners this week said it had wrapped up its third fund earmarked for investments in the shares of venture-backed and sponsor-backed companies, also known as secondary directs. The final tally: $750 million. We caught up with Managing Director David S. Wachter on July 31 for five quick questions.
4 min read · 31 July 2013
Blue Wolf Capital Partners, New York, this month announced the closing of its third fund at $300 million, earmarked for control-stake investments in companies that present complex challenges, such as troubled union relations, financial problems or operational weaknesses. Sister magazine Buyouts caught up with managing principal Adam Blumenthal for five quick questions.
3 min read · 24 July 2013
