2 min read · 30 June 2015
3 min read · 29 June 2015
One of private equity’s 800-pound gorillas is about to go on a diet.
3 min read · 29 June 2015
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s five-year plan to reduce the number of general partners within its private equity portfolio includes a program that will allocate up to $2 billion to growing fund managers, according to documents and pension officials.
3 min read · 29 June 2015
Limited partner interest in co-investments and direct investments fell off a cliff in the second half of 2014, according to Preqin survey data. The percentage of investors who categorized themselves as active co-investors fell to 18 percent, roughly half of what it was six months earlier.
5 min read · 29 June 2015
The New Mexico State Investment Council tabled a proposed investment plan for the 2016 fiscal year because of council members’ concerns with its allocation to private equity, according to a recording of its June 23 meeting.
3 min read · 24 June 2015
European healthcare private equity specialist ArchiMed SaS plans to close its debut fund on a 150 million euro ($167.6 million) hard cap on June 30, said sources familiar with the firm.
1 min read · 23 June 2015
The South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission committed A$150 million ($115.9 million) to Australian private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners at its June 18-19 meeting, spokesman Danny Varat said in an email.
2 min read · 23 June 2015
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, were paid more than $1 million by private equity firms for speaking engagments over the last year and a half, according to a public financial disclosure.
3 min read · 22 June 2015
The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) secured a 50 million euro ($57 million) allocation to EQT VII after committing up to 100 million euros to the fund, according to an investment memo prepared by Investment Officer Yegin Chen.
2 min read · 18 June 2015
