New Yorkers are queuing at the polling stations on Tuesday to vote in their presidential primaries, but Private Equity International readers have already chosen their favourite presidential candidates in a survey conducted last week.
2 min read · 19 April 2016
John Doerr, who joined the venture capital firm in 36 years ago, will focus on developing the next generations of partners.
1 min read · 01 April 2016
Andrew Caspersen, who focused on advising secondaries transactions, including GP-led restructurings, allegedly tried to defraud two institutional investors of more than $95m.
3 min read · 28 March 2016
A top priority included in the SEC’s 2017 budget request is to hire 127 additional examiners, primarily to conduct extra tests of investment advisors, White told the US Congress this week.
2 min read · 25 March 2016
The Boston-based pension plan, which manages $60 billion in assets, announced commitments across several strategies including buyouts, venture capital and distressed debt.
2 min read · 23 March 2016
Chappuis recently stepped down at the Carlyle Group where he spent two years as the head of the firm’s investment solutions business segment.
1 min read · 18 March 2016
The former private equity professional, who worked at Quadrangle Group for nearly a decade, was accused of kickbacks with the NYS Common Retirement Fund in 2010.
2 min read · 17 March 2016
The venture capital firm closed on $1.5bn for Accel Growth Fund IV, which makes late-stage investments, up from $1bn for its predecessor vehicle a year ago.
2 min read · 16 March 2016
After receiving a complaint for breach of contract, venture capitalist Michael Goguen filed a cross complaint for extortion and a restraining order.
2 min read · 15 March 2016
The US SEC has filed a complaint last week alleging that the Oregon-based private credit firm and three top executive were hiding Aequitas’s rapidly deteriorating financial condition.
3 min read · 14 March 2016
