Private Equity

Jenna Gottlieb

Iowa pension seeks risk management consultant

The selected firm will conduct an investment risk review on the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System’s private equity programme, among other asset classes.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Australian firms jump back into market

Australian private equity firms flush with unspent capital have been growing more active, with new investments growing by 14%. Fundraising remains muted.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CalPERS wins fee break from CIM Group

The $218 billion pension giant won a fee break from CIM Group, a real estate manager with ties to Alfred Villalobos.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Broker lawyers

Why did a law firm take a fee to re-introduce CalPERS to one of its long-term GPs?

3 min read · 05 January 2013

EU finance ministers approve AIFM directive

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council has agreed to a text for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive to be put before the European Parliament. A final decision is expected within days.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

US law firm settles in pay-to-play case

Manatt Phelps, which took a fee from an LA buyout firm for arranging a CalPERS meeting, has agreed to pay a fine and accepted a five-year ban on facilitating business with New York pension funds.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

GA promotes Hedley to managing director

Patricia Hedley joined General Atlantic in 1987 as an investment professional targeting companies in the business services and technology sector.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

AIFM ‘weeks away’

After a busy regulatory season in the US, it appears European efforts for reform will pick up speed this fall.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Non-fiduciary fallout

The power struggle between GPs and LPs has escalated to a fever pitch in a recent court action involving a Bank of America Merrill Lynch real estate fund, writes Jenna Gottlieb.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

California mine field

The Golden State is set to become an even more challenging fundraising destination for private equity managers with a new rule that will require placement agents to register as lobbyists.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

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