Private Equity
Q&A with Jeri Harman, CEO, co-founder and managing partner of lower middle-market lender Avante Mezzanine Partners.
3 min read · 31 August 2015
Veteran limited partner Michael Beblo, 62, director of alternative investments at the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, died after heart surgery on August 2, a spokeswoman for the pension system confirmed.
2 min read · 27 August 2015
The Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds is on the lookout for an investment professional to oversee private equity and alternative investments after the departure of Terrence Purcell.
1 min read · 26 August 2015
H.I.G. Capital is moving at a quick pace through its debut Latin American fund, and expects to be wrapped up this year, according to three people with knowledge of the fundraising.
2 min read · 25 August 2015
Private equity drove returns at the Alaska Permanent Fund, which generated an overall return of 4.9 percent in fiscal 2015 ended June 30, according to a statement from the sovereign fund outlining preliminary figures.
2 min read · 24 August 2015
The Blackstone Group, on a fundraising tear this year, is expected back in market in rapid-fire time with its next private equity secondaries fund in September that could target $5.5 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the firm.
2 min read · 21 August 2015
The SEC, as part of its tighter scrutiny of private equity, is exploring whether certain GPs are giving lending business to certain LPs in their funds, such as insurance companies, without proper disclosure.
3 min read · 19 August 2015
Ben Gray, TPG Capital’s co-head of the Asia region, is planning to leave the firm once TPG Asia VI is invested, which is expected to be in 2017, according to a TPG spokesman.
1 min read · 19 August 2015
AlpInvest Partners has stopped raising a mezzanine fund that had been targeting $500 million in favor of building separate accounts with select investors, according to people with knowledge of the fund.
2 min read · 18 August 2015
2 min read · 18 August 2015
