Private Equity

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Where are the women of private equity?

As we ask every year, where are the women in alternative investments?

2 min read · 15 January 2014

OMERS fund says CIO to replace retiring CEO Nobrega

Canadian pension fund OMERS said on Wednesday its chief investment officer, Michael Latimer, will take over as chief executive of the global dealmaker when Michael Nobrega retires at the end of March, sister news service Reuters reported.

2 min read · 13 January 2014

MARKET AT A GLANCE

U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine shops finished 2013 on a strong note with funds raising over $174.3 billion during the course of the year. The latest figure shows a clear increase from 2012, when $159.4 billion was raised.

1 min read · 13 January 2014

Stone Point seeks final close of $4.5 bln Fund VI

Stone Point Capital, which is out marketing for its sixth buyout fund, expects to hold a final close this month, three sources told sister news service peHUB.

2 min read · 10 January 2014

Chart of the week: What is the investment period?

Across fund types, five years is the most common limit imposed by partnership terms on the time in which the general partner can add new portfolio companies to the fund at its own discretion.

1 min read · 10 January 2014

A billion a day

<p>GPs raised on average a billion dollars a day last year. And if anything, conditions may be more benign in 2014</p>

3 min read · 10 January 2014

FL Peer pressure

<p>Awards are like New Year's resolutions: there's a value in having your peers involved in the process.</p> <br />

3 min read · 03 January 2014

M/C Partners is out fundraising for seventh fund

M/C Partners, which called itself a venture capital firm before switching to labeling itself a private equity firm, has raised $176 million for its seventh fund, according to a regulatory filing, sister news service peHUB reported.

2 min read · 02 January 2014

KKR reports stake in chipmaker Marvell Technology

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has reported a 6.8 percent stake in chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd, according to sister news service Reuters, reporting on a regulatory filing.

1 min read · 31 December 2013

Chart of the week: Do all LPs pay the same management fee?

In cases where investors make a particularly large commitment or agree to come in to a first closing of a fund that’s been challenging to raise, some funds reward investors with lower fees.

1 min read · 27 December 2013

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