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Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns(3)Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.
- Branson may join Virgin Media take-private bid(3)
The hotly contested auction for cable company Virgin Media may be facilitated by shareholder Sir Richard Branson, while the number of reportedly interested bidders continues to increase.
- Shareholders approve $49bn BCE buyout
BCE shareholders have approved the Canadian telecom company’s sale to Teachers, Providence and Madison Dearborn. But the $49 billion transaction, the largest proposed buyout to date, still faces regulatory hurdles.
- El-Erian leaves Harvard to rejoin PIMCO
Harvard University's endowment is left without a head, as Mohamed El-Erian has left the $35 billion endowment for a senior role at PIMCO, where he'll lead a push into alternatives.
- Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns(2)
Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.
- Virgin Media bids to come in September
The Virgin Media auction will come later than expected as problems in the debt markets have constrained leverage available to buyout firms.
- Branson may join Virgin Media take-private bid(2)
The hotly contested auction for cable company Virgin Media may be facilitated by shareholder Sir Richard Branson, while the number of reportedly interested bidders continues to increase.
- Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns
Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.
- Castanea closes third fund on $575m(3)
Castanea Partners has raised $475 million for a core fund and $100 million for an sidecar fund. The total is nearly three times the size of its previous fund.
- Castanea closes third fund on $575m(2)
Castanea Partners has raised $475 million for a core fund and $100 million for an sidecar fund. The total is nearly three times the size of its previous fund.