Private Equity
Sun Capital Partners, Mekong Capital and OpCapita are among the winners in this year’s <span class="ITALIC">Private Equity International</span> Operational Excellence Awards.
2 min read · 02 October 2015
I have a modest proposal for the folks over at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, who have been taking quite a drubbing lately.
2 min read · 28 September 2015
The Canadian pension fund’s head of private equity Mark Redman tells <span class="ITALIC">PEI</span> that, in the ongoing fee debate, institutions shouldn’t be surprised by carried interest payments.
2 min read · 24 September 2015
Petco Holdings Inc., which is owned by TPG and Leonard Green & Partners, is considering all of its options as it searches for a buyer.
2 min read · 18 September 2015
Toronto-based Kilmer Group, a family office led by billionaire investor Larry Tanenbaum, recently replaced its fund management business with a fund-less strategy, saying it wants to stay invested longer in promising companies.
3 min read · 18 September 2015
3 min read · 15 September 2015
Ken Hanau has left 3i Group after nine years to join Bain Capital.
2 min read · 14 September 2015
Recently, we got the sad news that Michael Beblo, director of alternative investments at the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, died after heart surgery. He was just 62.
2 min read · 14 September 2015
It was early 2010 and the industry was wiping its brow after surviving the financial crisis with only a few scars. Institutional investors remained parsimonious. Both new deals and exits were sparse. New Mexico State Investment Council had just endured a pay-to-play scandal. Buyout firms faced the grim prospect of having to register as investment advisers with the SEC.
6 min read · 14 September 2015
Cheap yieldco and direct investor money has compressed yields and again raised an age-old question: are private equity strategies really appropriate in the renewable infrastructure space?
3 min read · 11 September 2015
