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From the archive: Desrochers on CalPERS 2.0As Réal Desrochers prepares to leave the California pension plan, we revisit our interview with him in 2013 after he’d overhauled CalPERS’s entire approach to private equity.
- Gamut jumps through target with $1bn debut fund
The Apollo Global Management spinout has surpassed its $750m target in a little over a year.
- Campbell Lutyens unveils strengthened NYC team
The firm added UBS’s former co-head of secondaries earlier this month.
- UBS: Family offices favour PE funds over direct investing
Family office allocations to private equity funds rose 10% to 41% compared with a year ago, while the share of direct investing fell, according to the 2016 Global Family Office Report.
- Strategic Partners surpasses Fund VII hard-cap
The Blackstone unit, which launched its latest secondaries fund a year ago with a $6.5bn hard-cap, is yet to hold a final close on the vehicle.
- Brexit dampens UK dealflow
Predictions for UK M&A in the second half of the year range from ‘lacklustre’ to ‘a write-off’.
- UBS: now is the time for impact investing
A shift in demographic trends and a maturing market are some of the reasons UBS thinks impact investing is a strategy to adopt now.
- UBS adds to secondaries team – exclusive
The financial group now has over 20 professionals around the world who focus on secondaries within its private funds group.
- Baring Vostok restructures 2000-vintage fund
The 2000-vintage fund's remaining asset is a large minority stake in the 'Amazon of Russia', having invested $3 million in 2000 and re-invested an unknown amount in 2007.
- KKR makes 2x return on fashion brand sale
KKR’s sale of SMCP, which it acquired in 2013, to Chinese textile manufacturer Shandong Ruyi generated an IRR of over 20% and a 2x money-on-money return.