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What LPs wantLower fees, smaller funds and lots of GP communication top LP wish lists, writes Amanda Janis.
- Washington State commits $94m to KKR annex fund
The commitment to KKR E2 Investors will be offset by a $94m reduction in WSIB’s $700m committed to KKR European Fund III. The US pension also committed $150m to TA Associates' 11th fund, reportedly targeting $4bn.
- Massachusetts PRIM commits $300m to private equity
The pension allocated funds to Oaktree Capital Management and TA Associates despite being over-weighted to private equity.
- Hg shuts down consumer unit
The private equity firm, which manages fashion brands Bench and Hooch, is re-distributing its consumer and leisure investment team. HgCapital is also to close its Amsterdam office.
- GPs explore retail's realities
Private equity firms have quite literally been on a shopping spree. Buyouts in the retail/consumer sectors in the past five years attracted the most capital from the world’s largest private equity firms. How will they cope now that the sector has taken a turn for the worse?
- Bankruptcy woes
Liquidations are more common in the bankruptcy world as financing for reorganisations has dried up, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
- Italian buyouts soar despite 2H 2008 slowdown
Despite a tail-off in the second half, the total value of deals in the world’s seventh-largest economy almost doubled to $12bn in 2008 compared with the previous year.
- Irving Place chief: ‘Horrendous’ holiday season ahead
Trouble in the retail sector presents opportunity, with 'some of the greatest fortunes' due to be made by savvy investors over the next year, according to John Howard, CEO of Irving Place Capital, formerly Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.
- TA invests C$98m in internet security
Boston-based TA Associates plans to grow software company Radialpoint by capitalising on the surge in broadband use in emerging markets. The firm closed its 10th buyout fund on $4.5bn in 2006, and its sixth Atlantic and Pacifc fund on $1.75bn in November 2007.
- Recession-proof retail?
Recent deals and proprietary PEI research show the asset class continues to bet on pockets of the retail sector, despite gloomy consumer confidence, writes Suzanne Weinstock.