The $32bn endowment – one of the private equity industry’s most influential LPs – saw its private equity holdings outperform every asset class other than public equities for the 12-month period ending 30 June.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
US investor David Abrams has acquired a 15% stake in the Swiss-listed fund of funds, which is managed by LGT Private Equity Advisers.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Washington DC-based NaviMed Capital is in the planning stages for its debut fund, which will make late stage venture capital and growth equity investments in healthcare and is understood to have a $200m target.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $155bn pension system plans to commit up to $6bn to alternatives over the next three years, including up to $2.5bn in private equity.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The bank’s private equity group has hired former partner at McKinsey & Company Peter Baird to head up StanChart’s Africa business, which has so far invested $300m in the continent.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
British venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners has already raised more than its predecessor fund that collected £160m in 2006.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The $146bn pension has named assistant controller of real estate Marjorie Tsang chief investment officer on an interim basis following the departure of its current CIO this week.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Frankfurt-based firm, formerly known as BHF Private Equity, is targeting €250m for its third fund that will invest in mid-sized businesses in Europe.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The alternatives group has named its co-founder and former head of technology investment Savio Tung as chief executive officer, North America.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm’s second micro-cap fund will have access to $150m of ‘cheap and patient’ capital from the US government’s Small Business Administration, says Riverside co-CEO Stewart Kohl.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
