Private Equity
In this video from the PartnerConnect Midwest conference in Chicago, Amin Al-Rashid, managing partner of AR Investment Partners, talks about the strategy that the Dubai-based firm employs to find the most promising managers globally and its role as an access point for fund sponsors to seek Gulf capital.
1 min read · 30 July 2014
In this video from the PartnerConnect Midwest conference in Chicago, Maurice Gordon, a managing director at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and its head of private equity, discusses the company’s strategy for the asset class, after he took over the management of the business in June.
1 min read · 25 July 2014
Brett, your firm operates as a fund of funds, but you also do quite a bit of co-investing. How has that benefited Star Mountain’s investments on a fund manager and portfolio company level? (See related video here)
3 min read · 03 July 2014
In this video from the PartnerConnect East conference, Michael Felman, the president of MSF Capital Advisors, a a global multi-family office, discusses the opportunities for direct investing and fund investments, in both venture capital and buyouts.
1 min read · 02 July 2014
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America may sell up to 10 percent of its private equity portfolio on the secondary market, Buyouts has learned.
2 min read · 27 June 2014
Limited partners that invest in first-time or other young private equity funds say that emerging managers present some risks, but they often outperform their more established peers in an effort to prove themselves.
3 min read · 26 June 2014
Madison Dearborn Partners plans to begin fundraising for its next fund later this year, probably in the second half, said Chairman John Canning.
3 min read · 24 June 2014
In this video from the PartnerConnect East conference in New York, Brett Hickey, the founder and CEO of Star Mountain Capital, discusses his firm’s approach to the small to medium business sector through funds of funds and direct investments. The firm expects to commit $300 million to $500 million in fund investments this year, for strategies including credit, mezzanine and control deals, most often in funds with sub $500 million targets.
1 min read · 21 May 2014
In this video from the PartnerConnect East conference in New York, Colin Ambrose, the chief investment officer of the UJA-Federation Of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy, discusses the agency’s opportunistic approach to investing its billion-dollar endowment in alternative investments.
1 min read · 08 May 2014
In this video from the PartnerConnect East conference in New York in March, Griffith Norville, a vice president at the advisory firm Hamilton Lane, talks about the regions that the firm favors (the United States still offers the best opportunities), the sectors it likes (mid-market buyouts are most attractive), the role of co-investments, and steps that GPs can take to improve their chances.
1 min read · 24 April 2014
