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Apollo seeks deals amid market distressLeon Black-led Apollo -- which has approximately $10bn in dry powder -- believes the volatile markets could be rife with opportunities.
- Study: Deal fees create ‘invisible’ boost to manager pay
Portfolio company-related fees like monitoring and transaction fees may increase misalignment of interests, according to a recent study.
- Listed private equity feels the heat
Listed private equity groups suffered sharp declines in their share prices during last week’s severe public market downturn, with some analysts wary about the volatility of the sector.
- Going public and misalignment of interests
During The Blackstone Group’s second quarter earnings call in July, firm president Tony James explained that being a public company does not present any ‘misalignment of interests’ for the firm’s limited partners.
- North Carolina sells stakes in mega-funds
The $65bn pension system earlier this year completed a secondary sale run by Cogent Partners of fund stakes in TPG Capital, Apollo Global Management and Warburg Pincus.
- George Roberts: On the upswing
In a rare in-depth interview, KKR co-founder George Roberts discusses both the firm’s and private equity’s ongoing evolution as they move past credit crisis ‘hiccups’ and closer to maturity.
- Carlyle, Energy Capital talks end without agreement
Carlyle had reportedly been in talks to acquire the New Jersey-based energy-focused firm, which closed on its $4.3bn second fund in 2010.
- Apollo buys into pipes as Indian deal sizes rise
The US private equity firm's backing of an oil and gas pipe-maker highlights two recent trends in the Indian private equity market.
- Texas Teachers’ to name PE advisor
The $109bn pension will choose between Hamilton Lane and Altius Associates as its private equity advisor to help meet its goal of spending $1.5bn on the asset class this year.
- Enter the activists
Trouble is brewing in the listed private equity sector as a Paris-based investment company tries to shake up the way a listed fund of funds is managed – and has vowed to do the same with other vehicles.