Private Equity
Hispania Private Equity II led the way in IRR increase by percentage points over a recent one-year period (typically calendar year 2014), according to a database of 2010-vintage fund and older buyout and related funds. Buyouts Insider keeps a continuous record of private equity performance from some of the biggest LPs in the country. The table below shows the top 10 by percentage point gain of the nearly 1,500 funds were analyzed.
1 min read · 24 August 2015
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising seemingly went on a summer vacation since the last issue of Buyouts. The 2015 total now stands at $143.4 billion, having grown by $3.4 billion since we last went to press. Fundraising is tracking $15 billion ahead of last year.
1 min read · 21 August 2015
The plumping of U.S. buyout funds is a trend driven by mega-funds returning to the fundraising market, firms stepping up their fund size on the back of strong performance, and a recovering appetite for private equity by institutional investors in the wake of the financial crisis.
1 min read · 21 August 2015
The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association enjoyed a strong spell of private equity distributions last year in its private equity portfolio, realizing over $899 million. Vintage funds from 2005-2008 did the heavy lifting, accounting for $606.8 million, or roughly two-thirds, of that total.
1 min read · 20 August 2015
For the past four years the H1 fundraising totals average 46.8 percent of what turn out to be the yearly tallies. Using that same formula, the year-end fundraising total for U.S. sponsors of buyout and mezzanine funds projects to shoot far past last year’s healthy total and flirt with the $250 billion mark. 2015 has been a strong year in fundraising and there are no signs of it slowing down, given the record levels of distributions driving the demand from institutional investors and plenty of funds to put their money in.
1 min read · 03 August 2015
In order to gauge the outlook of the M&A market for the second half of 2015, Axial surveyed 100 bankers, investors and lenders. What they found was 81 percent believe the deal flow is being hampered by either high valuations or unrealistic ask prices.
1 min read · 31 July 2015
The following hires, promotions and appointments are for the August 10, 2015, issue of Buyouts.
4 min read · 30 July 2015
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising had a strong two-week period, seeing its year-to-date total hit $139 billion. As it currently stands, this year’s aggregate is $19.3 billion ahead of where it was at this time in 2014.
1 min read · 30 July 2015
In the Crossroads of the Pacific, the Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii reigns over $1.4 billion in committed capital across 167 active funds. To get a picture for what the future of its private equity portfolio holds, we pulled out the top funds by IRR from 2009-14 from Hawaii’s latest performance data. The accompanying table shows the top 10.
1 min read · 24 July 2015
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising had a prolific two-week period, seeing its burgeoning 2015 aggregate expand by $13.1 billion. This year’s total sits $20.6 billion ahead of where it was at the same time last year.
2 min read · 17 July 2015
