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After Scandal, New Mexico Ushers In New EraIs there ever a silver lining to a pay-to-play scandal? At the New Mexico State Investment Council such an episode helped pave the way for long-overdue changes, including diversifying the private equity portfolio and concentrating it in the hands of fewer managers.
SJF Ventures Raises $90M for Third Fund, Tripling Size of Prior FundSJF Ventures has held a final close on its $90 million for its third fund, raising more than three times the amount of its second fund, which totaled $28 million, the firm announced Thursday. Investors in the new fund include Citi, Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential Financial, Cambridge Associates, Mercer Consulting, and Trillium Asset Management, SJF said in a press release.
- U.S. Fundraising Off in Q1
Only five new funds raised money in Q1, compared to 57 in all of 2012
Fund Performance: Impressive Winners of CalPERS’ Emerging Ventures PortfolioA total of 29 of the 37 venture funds from its California Emerging Ventures portfolio boast positive returns
Study Puts Cleantech’s Gross IRR At An Underwhelming 6.6%Cleantech returns" is widely seen as an oxymoron. The belief is that nothing much has come from the tens of billions venture capital and private equity funds put into alternative energy and energy efficiency companies since the start of the investment boom.
Cambridge Associates to Pension Plans: In This Market, You Have to Spend Money to Make Money (Report)Owing to low interest rates, pension plans that have increasingly turned to less risky, longer-duration, fixed-income assets may find themselves locking in very low future returns, says a new report out Cambridge Associates.
Harvard's Private Equity Chief ResignsPeter Dolan, the director of private equity and venture capital for the Harvard Management Company, manager of the world’s biggest endowment, stepped down on April 10, according to Buyouts, peHUB’s sister magazine.
- Dolan, Harvard's PE Chief, Resigns
Peter Dolan, the director of private equity and venture capital for the Harvard Management Company, which oversees the world’s largest endowment, stepped down on April 10, according to a person familiar with Dolan’s decision. On an interim basis, Dolan will be replaced by John Shue, according to the source.
ILPA Touts Proprietary Benchmark For FundsWith the rollout of its own private equity benchmark, the Institutional Limited Partners Association is seeking to give its members a measurement system that is “institutionally relevant,” said Michael Elio, the association’s managing director of industry affairs
- Altius Appoints Two to Global Investment Team
Altius Associates has appointed two senior associates to its global investment team. Jeffrey Kopocis will be based in Richmond, VA office and Arnaud Garel-Galais will be based in the London office.