Private Equity
Riverside Micro-Cap Fund IV closed on $650m, including a 5% GP commitment, and has already made two platform acquisitions so far.
3 min read · 21 September 2016
The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System is seeking to extend its contract with Portfolio Advisors to give LACERS more time to evaluate the market for private equity consulting services.
2 min read · 20 September 2016
The Melbourne-based pension giant currently employs two investment professionals in London with expertise in real estate and infrastructure.
2 min read · 20 September 2016
<p>Align Capital Partners began fundraising its first fund in June and raced past its $250m target toward its $325m hard-cap.<br /></p>
2 min read · 19 September 2016
After about a year of fundraising, commitments from existing LPs reached $790m, surpassing the original $750m target.
2 min read · 19 September 2016
The New York-based firm came in 2007 to enter co-ownership of Penton alongside Wasserstein & Co.
2 min read · 16 September 2016
The latest monthly report from the largest US pension fund shows its commitment to two private equity funds totalling almost $1bn, while it decided to forego committing to a KKR vehicle.
2 min read · 15 September 2016
The firm’s global head of private equity Joseph Baratta thinks firms can continue to charge the standard 20% carry as long as they consistently deliver good returns.
2 min read · 13 September 2016
The C$287.3bn pension fund is also losing global head of private investments Mark Jenkins, who is leaving to join Carlyle.
3 min read · 13 September 2016
Coller bought 50m shares in the listed private equity investor at 100 pence a share in the depths of the financial crisis, and would receive 650 pence a share if an unsolicited bid for SVG Capital succeeds.
2 min read · 12 September 2016
