Private Equity
Japan's $1.3trn pension fund, which reported its weakest results since the 2008 financial crisis, could face fresh calls to raise its current holdings of alternative assets.<br />
3 min read · 01 August 2016
Private equity industry service providers said that post-‘Leave’ vote, the economic future of Great Britain looks promising for buying assets but challenging for selling them.
2 min read · 29 July 2016
<p>Canada’s PSP Investments, which will acquire a minority stake in Israel-based furniture maker Keter, said in June that it had bought a 'significant minority interest' in BC Partners-owned Allflex.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 29 July 2016
Stephen Blyth had sought to improve returns at the fund, which invested about one-sixth of its portfolio in private equity as of September 2015.
3 min read · 28 July 2016
The giant fund is following in Carlyle’s footsteps, taking a minority stake in the luxury coat maker.
2 min read · 28 July 2016
That’s because private equity firms are increasingly transparent with LPs about the fees they charge, Carlyle’s co-founder and co-CEO David Rubenstein said during a second-quarter earnings call with analysts.
3 min read · 27 July 2016
Dutch discount retailer Action – 3i’s largest investment – is now valued at 18 times earnings, up from 14 times at the end of 2015, but the outlook for European private equity returns is still uncertain.
2 min read · 27 July 2016
Christian Kvorning, an investment director at the €31.5bn Danish pension fund’s alternatives arm, on worsening fund terms, the need for a ‘healthy crisis’ and elusive US managers.
4 min read · 27 July 2016
<p><em>Data from Boston-based investment advisor Cambridge Associates shows first- and second-time funds have often outperformed established funds.</em></p> <!--StartFragment--><p><em></em></p> <!--EndFragment-->
2 min read · 27 July 2016
Mexican pension funds can only invest in domestic private equity funds under current regulations, but Felipe Vilá Gonzalez, chief executive of Mexico’s fund of funds group Fondo de Fondos, says LPs are keen to diversify abroad.
4 min read · 26 July 2016
