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Cambridge to deliver Australian PE and VC dataThe 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.
- Pennsylvania returns -5.7% in private equity in 2009
The $24bn pension has been pulling back from private equity since last year as it battles severe over-weighting to the asset class.
- Cambridge: Private equity returns 13.8% in ‘09
Cambridge’s private equity index shows that the fourth quarter of 2009 was one of the best since 2007 and contributed to a 13.8% return for all of 2009.
- Surf’s up
Exit constraints in Asia may be lifting as the region rides a wave of liquidity, finds Jenny Blinch.
- Freshening ‘stale’ commitments
In a capital-starved market, communicating the status of ‘stale unfunded’ commitments to LPs is a winning way to forge strong relationships and free up new commitments.
- Cambridge: Industry has a $445bn overhang
Even if the deal market returns to a 2004 pace, it would take 15 years for firms to invest what they have on hand, the consulting firm has found.