Private Equity

Fundraising

Did Bush turn his back on PE donors?

Some Bush backers are looking for another candidate after he put forth a tax plan that would eliminate the deduction for interest payments and hike the rate on carried interest.

6 min read · 28 September 2015

Audax offers two fee/carry options for latest flagship fund

2 min read · 24 September 2015

PE, VC drive return as Harvard endowment treads cautiously

Harvard endowment’s chief executive officer sounded the alarm on high valuations in private equity and venture, even while reporting the private asset classes helped drive the endowment’s overall return.

2 min read · 23 September 2015

Bolcar joins PE team at North Carolina Treasury

Brian Bolcar, former private equity official with the Virginia Retirement System, joined the North Carolina Treasury as a private equity portfolio manager, according to a spokesman for the system.

1 min read · 22 September 2015

George ‘Dubya’ rocks the ‘Woodstock of Private Equity’

The Bush Family may not be enjoying the best relationship with private equity these days since presidential contender Jeb Bush put together a notably PE-unfriendly tax plan.

2 min read · 22 September 2015

TSG Consumer Partners eyes $2 bln for seventh fund

TSG Consumer Partners is back on the market with its seventh flagship fund targeting $2 billion, according to an LP source with direct knowledge of the fundraising.

2 min read · 21 September 2015

‘Mini Apollo’ Gamut targets $750 mln for debut fund

There’s a mini Apollo Global Management in the making.

2 min read · 21 September 2015

Resource Land Holdings targets $300 mln for fifth fund

Resource Land Holdings plans to raise $300 million for its fifth buyout fund since the Denver-based firm launched in 1998 for opportunistic investments in agricultural, timber and mining properties in the U.S., according to a filing.

2 min read · 21 September 2015

Advent proposes dropping preferred return for next flagship mega-fund

Here’s a sign of the times: Advent International has decided to not include a preferred return in its next flagship fund, which will target $12 billion.

4 min read · 18 September 2015

Fortress loses PE-focused MD Arvedlund

Maggie Arvedlund, a managing director who focused on private equity within Fortress Investment Group’s struggling hedge fund business, has left the firm for undisclosed reasons, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

2 min read · 17 September 2015

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