Private Equity
The Canadian pension seeks efficiency, education and economics from its GP relationships, says head of private capital Jane Rowe.
3 min read · 01 November 2018
The firm is making strong progress toward its long-term fundraising goals, but market volatility in Asia took its toll on performance in the third quarter.
3 min read · 31 October 2018
The firm has completed eight US take-privates in the last three years and has two more pending.
3 min read · 31 October 2018
The San Francisco-headquartered firm has had one of the largest capital raises this year for its latest flagship fund.
2 min read · 30 October 2018
The firm has $58bn of dry powder to deploy in what it expects will become a lower-priced environment.
3 min read · 25 October 2018
The firm has pulled in $125bn in the last 12 months in what founder Stephen Schwarzman called an ‘industry record’.
2 min read · 18 October 2018
GPs have more skin in the game, according to a survey by MJ Hudson – but whose skin is it?
3 min read · 14 October 2018
In a heady fundraising environment, GPs are pushing fund terms in their favour, and it’s up to LPs to walk them back, Texas Municipal Retirement System’s director of private equity Christopher Schelling.
6 min read · 10 October 2018
Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone’s Strategic Partners began transfers of power this year. Other firms should take note of some key elements.
5 min read · 04 October 2018
… but what are GPs really doing to drive performance? LPs must be prepared to ask some tough questions, says Joncarlo Mark, a former senior portfolio manager at CalPERS.
6 min read · 02 October 2018
