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CalPERS: competitive pay structure essentialThe California Public Employees’ Retirement System is seeking state legislation enabling it to pay market rates for its investment professionals.
- LP versus GP: buy-ins to the GP
Now that limited partners have had time to find the right pressure points when dealing with their GPs, many are talking about a new era in LP activism. But what exactly does this mean beyond the threat of litigation? To a growing number of LPs it means the formulation of a series of action points for their GPs that extends to getting a cut of the carry and beyond. Joe Bartlett takes a closer look.
- ILPA names new executive director
The Institutional Limited Partners Association has appointed OMERS executive Arlett Tygesen as the organisation’s first appointed executive director.
- PE performance database goes live
On the back of recent LP disclosures, a newly-launched online database claims to give users the data to compare fund performance from over 1,100 private equity partnerships worldwide.
- Leonard Green Closes Fund IV on $1.85bn
The Los Angeles-based firm has exceeded its original $1.5bn target for its fourth mid-market fund.
- Coller Capital acquires BT venture unit
Coller Capital has joined forces with New Venture Partners to acquire British Telecom’s in-house venture capital unit Brightstar.
- CalPERS agrees to performance data publication
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced yesterday it will release performance data for its private equity investments.
- CalPERS told to disclose performance data
A US court has ruled that the California public pension fund must disclose its investments unless it can prove the information contains protected trade secrets.
- UTIMCO opts to withhold quarterly data
Following objections from a number of GPs, the Texas University fund has decided against publishing data for half of its 130 private equity investments