LeapFrog Investments, a specialist in funding insurance, savings and pension firms in Africa and parts of Asia, has raised about $300 million for LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund II LP, pulling in more commitments on the heels of $10 million from Prudential Financial Inc, according to a person familiar with the firm.
1 min read · 10 June 2014
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System committed $743 million to private equity investments during the first quarter, with a $200 million commitment to Clayton Dubiler & Rice Fund IX drawing the single largest pledge.
2 min read · 09 June 2014
2 min read · 05 June 2014
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System committed $743 million to private equity investments during the first quarter, with a $200 million commitment to Clayton Dubiler & Rice Fund IX drawing the single largest pledge, according to an investment report published on the pension agency’s website.
2 min read · 05 June 2014
Apollo Global Management has lined up about $2.2 billion in potential oil and gas investment via three partnerships in April, May and June as co-founder Leon Black pursues energy as one of two major themes for the New York-based private equity titan.
2 min read · 04 June 2014
Tailwind Capital Partners is about halfway toward its $750 million fundraising target for its second buyout pool since the firm was founded in 2003, according to a person familiar with the firm.
2 min read · 02 June 2014
Egon Zehnder helps find high-level candidates for elite jobs at private equity firms, giving Christoph Lueneburger a perspective on the overall health of the buyout industry, but his firm does much more to help general partners navigate the more competitive landscape in a maturing industry.
2 min read · 02 June 2014
3 min read · 02 June 2014
The $44 billion Maryland State Retirement and Pension System has committed $500 million to five private equity funds thus far in 2014, with the largest two commitments for investment pools managed by larger buyouts firm Bain Capital LLC and tech-focused Vista Equity Partners LLC.
2 min read · 30 May 2014
Pantheon has filed plans for AMG Pantheon Private Equity Master Fund LLC, a new vehicle that marks the first product from a fund-of-fund manager to provide access to private equity investments, joining others in the buyout world reaching out to individual investors.
3 min read · 29 May 2014
