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LP Scorecard: Oregon's Top Five and Bottom Five KKR BetsOregon Investment Council, which runs the approximately $60 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, has committed over $7 billion to 18 KKR vehicles since it started investing in private equity in 1981. The top performer of the KKR portfolio is its 1983 investment in the KKR 1982 Fund, which posted an IRR of 39.7 percent and multiple of 3.3x as of September 30.
peHUB First ReadCheck out the latest news links after the weekend including why the emerging markets are experiencing private equity growth pains; a look at the consolidation of the traditional VC industry and why Doughty Hanson has stopped investing in venture and real estate.
- LP Scorecard: How Special Situation Funds Are Performing For UTIMCO
A 2003 vintage fund managed by Angelo, Gordon & Co takes the top spot an analysis of the University of Texas Investment Management Co’s distressed debt and special situations fund commitments in its active portfolio as of November 30, 2012.
- Friday Letter: PEO's crystal ball
It’s nearly 2006, and you’re probably about to pop open the Krug. Before you do, take a quick look at the following – PEO’s predictions for what is shaping up to be another wild ride on the private equity express. If you thought 2005 was intense, get ready for ’06 – for better or worse, another intriguing chapter of LBO and VC history is about to be written.
- Friday Letter The customer is always right
When Kohlberg Kravis Roberts blew the market away earlier this year with the first publicly quoted vehicle since the UK’s investment trusts of the 1980s and 1990s, many predicted a rash of similar offerings.
- Friday Letter: A wild goose chase
According to the Encyclopaedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson, a wild goose chase was first used to describe a peculiar kind of 16th-century English horse race. The racers would set off into a forest following a lead horse, which could run in any direction.
- Friday Letter: The 12 days of Christmas
Several days before Christmas/ My news team sent to me/ A send-up song for private equity.
Fund Performance: Austin Ventures is UTIMCO's Star PerformerUnion Square Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures both have three funds each in the state pension fund’s top 10
- Friday Letter Do well by doing good
Private equity is beginning to see the business case in putting people and the planet more explicitly on the agenda.
- Friday Letter 12 unusual months
PEO takes a look at some the year's top challenges to the industry, as well as some encouraging indicators.