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US snapshot: LPs still sweet on private equity

Pension fund representatives speaking at the Private Equity Exclusive conference in Chicago are making ever bigger allocations to PE, but opinions on the best strategies, mandate size and number of GPs to employ varied widely.

2 min read · 23 July 2015

US state officials press SEC to improve fee transparency

<p><em>A letter signed by 13 US state treasurers and elected city officials urges that the regulator require GPs to improve fee and expense disclosures.</em></p>

2 min read · 23 July 2015

LP Radar: MassPRIM to commit $713m to PE by year-end

<em>The Boston-based pension fund will also commit $325m to alternative fixed income by the end of 2015.</em><br />

1 min read · 22 July 2015

CalSTRS: Carried interest is “not a very meaningful number”

A spokesperson for the pension fund tells PEI that the debate about nondisclosure of carried interest payments is part of cyclical pressure on the private equity industry.

2 min read · 22 July 2015

State treasurers to call on SEC to push for more PE transparency

A coalition of state treasurers and elected officials will soon submit a letter to the SEC calling on the regulator to push for greater transparency and fee disclosures from private equity managers, Buyouts has learned.

2 min read · 21 July 2015

KKR exec sees downturn in next 2 to 3 years

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co expects another economic downturn in the next two to three years, and is now factoring in a multiple contraction when it models its private equity exits, said the firm’s Head of Americas Private Equity, Alexander Navab, at an industry conference this week.

2 min read · 21 July 2015

Hong Kong enacts PE tax break

Offshore private equity funds and their Hong Kong-based holding companies are now exempt from Hong Kong profits tax.

2 min read · 21 July 2015

Blackstone and Corsair Capital invest in First Eagle

<p><span>New York private equity firms’ investment provides an exit for TA Associates after an eight year holding period</span></p>

2 min read · 20 July 2015

University of Michigan forms new relationships with Silversmith, Visium

The University of Michigan Board of Regents formed new relationships with two managers at its July 16 meeting, according to endowment documents.

1 min read · 17 July 2015

LP Scorecard: Ten young funds off to a hot start for Montana

In the vast frontier of Big Sky Country, the Montana Board of Investments pension fund resides over $2.3 billion in committed capital. In order to take a look at the promise of future gains, we pulled out the top funds from 2010-14 by IRR from Montana’s latest performance data. This left us with a pool of 48 funds. The following table shows the top 10.

1 min read · 16 July 2015

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