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PEI Awards winners find success in uncertain timesDuring December, thousands of private equity industry participants in more than 50 countries took the time to think about which firms, advisors and transactions truly stood out from the rest in 2010. They voted in our annual PEI Awards readers’ poll, the results of which were revealed this week and highlight the fact that the brightest firms in the industry have flourished despite challenging conditions.
- CalPERS chief named Private Equity Leader
Joe Dear, CalPERS' CIO, is the first LP to be honoured as PEI’s Private Equity Leader and joins Sir Ronald Cohen, Jeremy Coller and Howard Marks on the honour roll.
- Millennium staffs up ahead of tech growth rush
Blackstone-spinout Millennium is building its team in anticipation of what it believes will be a record-breaking year for secondary venture capital investments.
- Susan Flynn rejoins Coller
Flynn, who last year left her role as co-CIO at Hermes GPE, has joined Coller as an IR-focused partner as it aims to raise $5bn for its sixth fund.
- Ohio School Employees commits $50m to Coller
The commitment is a re-up for Ohio, which committed $40m to the Jeremy Coller-led firm's fifth fund in 2006.
- SEP agrees $1bn venture exit
British venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners will sell BioVex, a company developing cancer treatments, to US trade buyer Amgen.
- Conversus set to make new commitments
The Euronext-listed fund of funds is considering committing to new private equity funds and has started a process to buy back up to $75m of its outstanding shares.
- LPs keep faith in Asia
Limited partners are planning big increases in their exposure to Asian private equity, a preference primarily dictated by the continued attractiveness of China and India.
- LPs: Weak GPs fundraise too easily in Asia
Concerns about Asian GPs were raised by two-thirds of respondents to the latest Coller Capital private equity barometer, which also showed re-ups at an all-time low, but new commitments bouncing back as belief in private equity endures.
- Lexington buys Lloyds’ £470m PE portfolio
Lexington will purchase 33 LP stakes, most of which Lloyds had reportedly acquired when it took over HBOS.