Private Equity
3 min read · 16 June 2015
The Nebraska Investment Council plans to increase the average size of its commitments so that it can concentrate its portfolio around a smaller group of managers, said the state’s newly appointed investment officer, Michael Walden-Newman.
3 min read · 15 June 2015
Coller Capital is marketing a new global secondaries fund with a $5.5 billion target and $6 billion hard cap, according to limited partner memos. As with its prior funds, the firm is offering LPs options on fund terms to account for different appetites for risk.
3 min read · 18 May 2015
Doxim founder Chris Rasmussen held no illusions about private equity’s reputation.
5 min read · 23 March 2015
Pritzker Group, which manages venture capital and buyout investments for the Pritzker family, one of America’s wealthiest, is moving to at least double the size of its private equity portfolio of six companies after having bulked up its staff to reach critical mass.
4 min read · 09 March 2015
The Los Angeles County Employee Retirement Association does not commit to many small or lower middle-market managers. In fact, small buyouts represent only a little more than one-twentieth of its buyout portfolio’s total market value.
3 min read · 09 February 2015
Crestview Partners constructed its early investment portfolio with heavy exposure to the financial services sector. Then the Lehman Brothers collapse and tumbling equity markets hit that portfolio like a hurricane.
4 min read · 12 January 2015
Excess demand for top-performing private equity managers has pushed the balance of power back in the direction of general partners, limited partners tell Buyouts.
3 min read · 24 November 2014
With the reigning kings of private equity approaching or exceeding the age at which many others choose to retire, the issue of succession remains a concern among LPs.
2 min read · 10 November 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
