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Branson launches first Virgin buyout fund(3)Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is making its first ever foray into institutional private equity, raising a $400 million Virgin Green fund to invest in renewable energy opportunities.
- CalPERS reveals details of Carlyle-backed hedge fund
Recent disclosure of the US pension fund's $75 million allocation to a Carlyle-backed hedge fund has provided information as to the fund's structure and mandate.
- Branson launches first Virgin buyout fund(2)
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is making its first ever foray into institutional private equity, raising a $400 million Virgin Green fund to invest in renewable energy opportunities.
- Branson launches first Virgin buyout fund
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is making its first ever foray into institutional private equity, raising a $400 million Virgin Green fund to invest in renewable energy opportunities.
- CalPERS moves into infrastructure, unveils new asset class
In a move to hedge against inflation and target the growing infrastructure sector, US pension CalPERS has debuted a pilot infrastructure program within its new inflation-linked asset class.
- Apollo to list on Goldman exchange(3)
Apollo will reportedly become the second major alternative asset manager to list a portion of its management company on Goldman’s private exchange. The private float is expected to follow sales of minority stakes to Abu Dhabi and possibly CalPERS.
- Carlyle sells stake to Abu Dhabi government fund
The US alternative assets group has sold a further 7.5 percent stake in itself to a strategic investor, valuing David Rubenstein's firm at $20 billion. It sold 5.5 percent to CalPERS in 2000.
- CalPERS buys $600m stake in Apollo
The US' largest pension fund purchased a $600 million, 8.6 percent stake in Apollo, prior to the private equity firm's listing on Goldman Sachs' private exchange.
- Apollo to list on Goldman exchange(2)
Apollo will reportedly become the second major alternative asset manager to list a portion of its management company on Goldman’s private exchange. The private float is expected to follow sales of minority stakes to Abu Dhabi and possibly CalPERS.
- BofA, Oak Hill in complex $1.9bn Euronext venture(3)
Bank of America, Oak Hill, along with CalPERS and Harvard have created a unique, megafund-sized pool of permanent capital to be traded on the Euronext. The vehicle, Conversus Capital, is structured like a collateralised loan obligation with private equity fund interests as the underlying assets.