Private Equity
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), one of the world’s biggest pension funds, notched another quarter of strong returns but its chief executive officer said he wishes the fund had been more aggressive when prices were cheap, sister news service Reuters reported.
2 min read · 14 February 2014
<p><span>Private equity still hasn’t found a route into retail money. Will it ever? </span><span></span> </p>
3 min read · 14 February 2014
The vast majority of LPs continue to use a GP’s website as a primary source of online research when determining who to make fund commitments with.
1 min read · 14 February 2014
Sun Life Financial Inc has launched an asset management business to provide private asset class pooled funds for pension plans and other institutional investors looking to boost yield with alternative investments like real estate, sister news service Reuters reported.
2 min read · 11 February 2014
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP said it would liquidate two funds targeting individual investors, in a blow to the private equity firm’s efforts to widen its appeal beyond institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance firms, sister news service Reuters reported.
2 min read · 11 February 2014
2 min read · 10 February 2014
According to the latest research by Pivot Partners, the private equity industry continues to have a poor reputation, which in turn continues to impact stakeholder perceptions.
1 min read · 07 February 2014
Private equity firm KKR & Co LP said it would acquire National Vision Inc from buyout firm Berkshire Partners LLC in a bet that consumers would increasingly seek out the budget retailer’s low-price contact lenses and eyeglasses, sister news service Reuters reported.
1 min read · 07 February 2014
<p><span>IPOs are a genuine exit option again in Europe. But they’re not for everyone.</span><span></span> </p>
4 min read · 07 February 2014
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) named Ed Cass as its new chief investment strategist and a member of its senior management team on Feb 6, giving him responsibility for the overall investment strategy of the massive pension fund.
1 min read · 06 February 2014
