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Cambridge Associates to open Beijing officeThe US investment advisor has appointed private equity specialist Christopher Hunter to head its Beijing office, which is the firm’s third office in Asia.
- Money in, money out
Friendlier debt markets have helped revive private equity deal and exit activity this year, just in time for impending fundraisings. Christopher Witkowsky explores.
- Cambridge: PE returns positive for fifth straight quarter
Cambridge’s private equity index shows that the asset class distributed more than $13bn in Q2, the largest quarterly distribution since 2007.
- Unlimited burden
Delegates at PEI’s Active Portfolio Management Forum in New York this week made clear that GPs must work much harder to prove their worth to LPs already burdened with huge unfunded commitments, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
- Pennsylvania commits $62m in 're-ups'
The $24bn pension has made four follow-on investments to firms including Oaktree Capital Management and JMI Equity partners.
- Cambridge to deliver Australian PE and VC data
The independent consulting firm will begin to issue quarterly data on Australian markets, similar to its existing arrangements with the NVCA and EMPEA.
- Renewing the vows
GPs who need a little more time to find deals are asking for extensions. LPs should use these requests as a chance to ‘re-underwrite’ the relationship.
- VC shows modest returns in Q1
Shorter-term venture performance showed signs of improvement in the quarter ending 31 March, according to recent statistics from Cambridge Associates and the National Venture Capital Association, but performance is still down on the decade.
- GPs seek investment period extensions
Montagu, BC Partners and MatlinPatterson are among the firms whose LPs have granted fund investment extensions.
- Tennessee hires Cambridge for private equity
Cambridge Associates will advise the $30bn pension on its fledgling $169m private equity portfolio, which was launched last fall.