Private Equity
It took more than six months to fill the shoes of Jim Treanor, who left last August as head of private equity for the Florida State Board of Administration, which manages $154 billion in state pension and emergency money.
2 min read · 13 March 2012
2 min read · 13 March 2012
2 min read · 13 March 2012
3 min read · 12 March 2012
Just across the Sacramento River from its giant rival, the $149 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System might as well be Avis to CalPERS’s Hertz. Sure, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is bigger ($238 billion) and gets more headlines. But lately, CalSTRS has been making some waves of its own.
7 min read · 12 March 2012
2 min read · 12 March 2012
The Minnesota State Board of Investment, which manages $57.5 billion for several state pension funds, has been ramping-up its private equity program during the last several months, pledging $625 million to four funds at its most recent meeting.
3 min read · 09 March 2012
Pascal Villiger, one of the senior private equity portfolio managers at the $145 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System, has decided to move back to the private sector, joining Medley Partners, the investment group that manages the personal wealth of James Simons, the former math professor and reclusive multi-billionaire founder of Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund firm.
1 min read · 08 March 2012
Advent International, a Boston-based firm known for its global focus, is gearing up to start formally raising its seventh private equity fund, Advent International Global Private Equity VII LP, a behemoth targeting $9.4 billion that will be invested across a variety of geographies and industries, according to several press reports.
2 min read · 07 March 2012
2 min read · 06 March 2012
