Private Equity
Originally targeting $400m, Fund IX is the firm’s largest fund of funds to date.
2 min read · 25 July 2016
Noble will retain her role at the DFI as well as working with UK bank-backed BGF, a growth capital investor.
2 min read · 25 July 2016
The appointment follows an annual report revealing the UK DFI made the highest level of investment in its history last year.
2 min read · 25 July 2016
European LPs aren’t the only ones concerned with environmental, social, and corporate governance issues—these days, US LPs are increasingly keen to know what buyout giant KKR is doing to be part of the solution, KKR’s ESG director Elizabeth Seeger tells Private Equity International.
4 min read · 22 July 2016
The Washington, DC-based buyout firm, which focuses on mid-market contractors to the US government, is looking to grow in size: it is targeting $350m for its second fund, up from the $250m target for its debut fund.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
The buyout firm, which invests in food and beverage companies, has also closed on its first debt vehicle, which will provide a source of subordinated debt for its fourth fund.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
The London-based placement agent aims to almost double its team in New York, from 12 to 20, by the middle of next year.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
In its annual review, the $773bn Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund reported a fall in 20- and 30-year annualised returns against a 'backdrop of slowing global growth'.
3 min read · 20 July 2016
That’s why diversity is a ‘high priority’, Henry Kravis said at the Women’s Foundation in Hong Kong, and so far KKR has managed to triple the number of women in senior roles in the last three years.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Michael Donatucci had just started as the CIO for the pension fund before committing suicide on Friday.</span>
1 min read · 19 July 2016
