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  • Secondaries Special: Buying from the banks
    Graham Winfrey- 17 January 2013

    Banks are finally starting to offload their private equity holdings – but what are the main obstacles secondaries players must overcome to get a deal done? Graham Winfrey reports

  • Nebraska boosts HarbourVest's secondaries fund
    Sam Sutton- 17 January 2013

    The Nebraska Investment Council made a total of $50m in commitments to HarbourVest’s latest 'Dover Street' fund - targeting $3bn - and RCP’s eighth fund of funds vehicle.

  • HarbourVest raises $2bn for Dover Street VIII
    Sam Sutton- 17 January 2013

    HarbourVest Partners’ latest secondaries vehicle is offering an average annual management fee of 0.81%, according to University of Houston documents.

  • Washington State bets on KKR, Oaktree, Cinven
    Graham Winfrey- 6 January 2013

    The $80.4bn pension system has committed up to $1.05bn to funds targeting opportunities in Asia, Europe and distressed debt.

  • NewQuest makes hire amid investment spree
    Hsiang-Ching Tseng- 6 January 2013

    The Bank of America Merrill Lynch spin-out has hired a general counsel and is preparing to invest $100m to $200m over the next 18 months.

  • 3i veteran joins HarbourVest as COO of listed PE
    Oliver Smiddy- 6 January 2013

    In addition to a round of New Year promotions, HarbourVest Partners has appointed former 3i executive Stuart Howard as chief operating officer within its European listed products division.

  • HarbourVest promotes architect of FofF buyout
    Sam Sutton- 6 January 2013

    David Atterbury was promoted to managing director after sourcing and leading the acquisition of Absolute Private Equity in 2011.

  • Castle mulls radical fund overhaul
    Oliver Smiddy- 6 January 2013

    Switzerland-listed fund Castle Private Equity has become the latest publically traded fund to bow to shareholder pressure, having announced a raft of changes ahead of a radical restructuring.

  • Archer Capital rockets to $1.5bn
    Sam Sutton- 6 January 2013

    Archer’s ‘strongly oversubscribed’ fifth fund has beat it’s $1.27bn target after only four months on the market.

  • Nova nears take-private after optical exit
    Oliver Smiddy- 6 January 2013

    Nova Capital Management, which today booked a 3.5x return on the sale of EIS Optics, is closing in on the take-private of UK-listed software company Parseq.