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CalPERS posts $12.1bn first quarter loss, makes $2.2bn in commitmentsThe influential institutional investor saw its alternative investment program return 5.3 percent, while public equities languished.
- CalPERS commits nearly $1bn to TPG
The California pension has also reported commitments to Advent, Audax and Huntsman Gay.
- Lombard invests in The Medical City
Lombard Investments has purchased a minority stake in a medical services company in the Philippines, with an eye on the increasing domestic demand for private healthcare.
- Los Angeles pension director joins infrastructure specialists
Former Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System general manager Robert Aguallo is the latest pension executive to move to the private sector as he joins Cardinal Americas.
- How the GPs rate the LPs 2007 SURVEY
Which limited partners are best at investing in private equity? In its third annual investor survey, PEI asked the investor relations professionals at the world's leading general partner groups. James Taylor examined the results.
- Oak Hill co-founder warns against ‘hand-wringing’
Mark Wolfson, the co-founder of private equity firm Oak Hill, believes the prospects for the asset class generally are strong, and worries about 2006 and 2007 funds have been overdone.
- The next generation
In recent years, venture capital firms have been investing in alternative energy companies in a big way, in part because long-established technologies are finally yielding profits. David Rapp spoke with three US venture capitalists, all experts in the energy technology investment field, to find out where they are allocating capital in this fast-evolving sector.
- Granite Global Ventures boosts team and tops up third fund
The US- and China-based private equity firm has raised an additional $200 million for its third fund 16 months after its final close, while simultaneously adding four people to its investment team.
- CalPERS CEO resigns, looks to private sector
Fred Buenrostro has confirmed he will end his six-year reign at the US' largest public pension, which is also losing its CIO, Russell Read.
- CalPERS makes $1.35bn in fresh fund commitments
A month after committing $1.1 billion to private equity funds, the $253 billion state pension plan has made a new round of commitments to funds including Advent’s Japanese fund and Bridgepoint’s fourth European fund.