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Strategic Partners surpasses Fund VII hard-capThe Blackstone unit, which launched its latest secondaries fund a year ago with a $6.5bn hard-cap, is yet to hold a final close on the vehicle.
- Apollo pays $52.7m in settlement with SEC
The settlement, which centres on improper fees and conflicts of interest disclosure to limited partners and supervisory failure, includes a $12.5m penalty. It comes less than a year after Blackstone settled with the SEC for similar issues.
- Do not adjust your expectations
How can private equity be expected to deliver 2.5x and a 20% IRR in this environment?
- Partners Capital expands leadership team
The London-based 'outsourced investment office' has named Colin Pan chief investment officer amid senior leadership expansion.
- China’s CreditEase mulls investments in KKR, Blackstone
The Beijing-based financial services company, which is raising a $200m private equity fund, will be targeting investments in North America and Europe as well as Asia.
- Not-so-hard-cap
With some firms blowing through theirs, and others waiting long into the fundraising process before setting one, is the hard-cap still meaningful?
- Schwarzman: PE will continue to outperform S&P
Despite lacklustre economic growth, Blackstone’s chairman and chief executive Stephen Schwarzman is confident that the alternative asset giant’s private equity investments can continue to deliver robust returns.
- South Korea’s NPS commits to Blackstone’s core PE fund
South Korea’s state investment fund is committing to the first Blackstone fund to target longer-term private equity investments.
- Global PE assets under management hit all-time high
Direct private equity assets reached $640bn, or 18% of the total managed by the top 100 alternative asset managers worldwide, according to Willis Towers Watson.
