California Public Employees' Retirement System related stories
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Partners Group acquires PCASwiss alternatives manager Partners Group is acquiring heavyweight US real estate advisor Pension Consulting Alliance.
- Enterprise Investors closes Polish Enterprise Fund on record €658m
The central and eastern European veteran manager has closed the largest fund ever for the region, turning away €600m of commitments, and plans to extend its activity to the Ukraine and Croatia.
- ICV closes second fund at $313m
The New York-based firm has closed its second fund oversubscribed, exceeding its initial target of $200 million.
- Private equity boosts CalPERS performance
The private equity programme of the largest US pension fund beats its benchmark, but lags behind the performance generated by real estate and international stocks.
- Coller has secondaries mega fund in sights
Secondaries pioneer Jeremy Coller is targeting almost $4bn for his eponymous firm’s fifth fund after delivering good early returns from his latest vehicle.
- GI Partners closes Fund II on $1.45bn
GI Partners, a trans-Atlantic private equity firm, has raised $1.45bn from investors including CalPERS, ATP and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
- Lightspeed spin-out raises $280m fund
Opus Capital, which separated from Lightspeed Venture Partners just last year, has quickly raised its first fund.
- A clean tech sweep
In many parts of the world – emerging markets included – the growing demand for clean tech and alternative energy is sparking interest among private equity and venture capital funds. Judy Kuan reports.
- Cashing in on the baby boomers
Private equity investors are seeing big opportunities in the shifting demographics of the US, but challenges—and bad memories—remain. By Paul Fruchbom.
- The idea man
Meet Russell Read, the recently appointed chief investment officer of CalPERS. An economist by training, he likes physics, donuts from New Orleans and planting trees on his property in Maine. By Paul Fruchbom.