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Data Report: Venture Distributions Recently Outpaced FundraisingThanks in part to Facebook IPO, venture fund managers distributed $5.9B to LPs in Q3 2012
Fund Performance: Washington Pension Sports Solid Results From Mid-Decade FundsStandouts include such funds as Union Square Ventures 2004, Insight Venture Partner V and Canaan VII from 2005
- PE Investors Temper Returns Expectations
Private equity investors hoping for outsized profits are facing an awkward truth - investment returns have shrunk and are unlikely to go back to their peak levels, Reuters reported. At private equity's annual global gathering in Berlin this week, investors acknowledged that the asset class looks unlikely to revert to its bumper past payouts, weighed down by modest global economic prospects as well as an influx of funds into the sector creating increased competition for deals.
Distributions From Venture Funds SpikeVenture capital returns creep ahead in fits and starts. Distributions to LPs, however, have gone through the roof. In the third quarter of 2012, they hit their highest level since 2001, and they look poised to go higher in the fourth quarter and beyond.
- Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Returns Advance
A key private equity and venture capital index measuring returns in Australia rose by 2.90% in the third quarter of 2012, according to a report from the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. For the 12 months ending September, the index rose by 6.44%, but trailed the S&P/ASX 300 Index's gain of 14.46%.
- Mercer More Than Halfway To Goal On PE Fund
Mercer Investment Management Inc. is more than halfway to its $150 million offering amount on its latest private equity fund, according to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cambridge Charges Into Outsourced CIO BusinessFor decades Cambridge Associates has been one of the world’s largest private-equity consultants to university endowments and other big investors. Now the firm will take over the management of entire institutional portfolios as well.
- CalSTRS rehires PCA as consultant
The $152bn pension system, which has alternated advisors frequently during the past two decades, has rehired Pension Consulting Alliance as its private equity consultant.