Private Equity
7 min read · 24 November 2014
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms raised an estimated year-to-date amount of $180.9 billion through November 14. That figure is up from $133.6 billion at this time a year ago.
1 min read · 24 November 2014
Summit Partners, the Boston-based growth equity shop, has produced the top-performing fund, measured by IRR, for backer California State Teachers’ Retirement System—quite an accomplishment consider the pension fund has backed nearly 300 funds since the late 1980s.
1 min read · 24 November 2014
U.S. buyout firms overwhelm venture capital, real estate in assets under management
1 min read · 18 November 2014
Much goes into the decision investors make when figuring out where to place their money, but none is more paramount than the potential cash-on-cash return of their investments. In our latest scorecard, we take a look at the Washington State Investment Board portfolio and rank funds by cash-on-cash return as of March 31. The top ten results are presented in the accompanying table.
1 min read · 04 November 2014
Unrealized gains are all fine and well but when it comes to brass tacks what investors really care about is the cash-on-cash return of their investments.
1 min read · 27 October 2014
Forbes included roughly 40 of the private equity and venture capital industry’s top executives in its annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans this year, according to a Buyouts analysis of the Forbes 400 list released late last month.
1 min read · 20 October 2014
Exit activity for U.S.-based financial sponsors remained strong in Q3, continuing the momentum that has been building since the second-half of last year.
4 min read · 13 October 2014
In its latest report, Cambridge Associates found that the benchmark performance for private equity lagged behind public companies, both large and small, over the past five years through Dec. 31, 2013.
1 min read · 03 October 2014
2 min read · 01 October 2014
