Private Equity
Three top shelf limited partners committed a combined $475 million to Blackstone Group’s latest flagship fund last week, according to market sources and retirement system documents.
2 min read · 13 April 2015
Sir Adrian Montague, who has accepted the chair at Aviva, will be replaced by Simon Thompson
2 min read · 13 April 2015
The London-based firm has returned more than £600m to its LPs in the last 18 months
2 min read · 13 April 2015
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is widely regarded as one of the largest and most successful pension funds in the United States. However, for all its hits, there are some misses mixed in there as well. The accompanying table shows the worst funds by IRR, excluding vintage 2010 funds and younger.
2 min read · 13 April 2015
Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein made headlines last year for suggesting Africa was poised to become the next private equity hotspot<br />
4 min read · 10 April 2015
The appointment comes as SVP is investing its latest fund which closed on $1.31bn last December
1 min read · 10 April 2015
The firm currently manages $1.5bn on behalf of Canadian institutional investors
2 min read · 10 April 2015
The transaction, which is likely to have an enterprise value of between €500m and €600m, will be the second deal from the firm’s White Knight Fund IX
2 min read · 09 April 2015
The senior executive, who spent 10 years with the firm, left HarbourVest at the end of March
1 min read · 09 April 2015
Lone Star Funds plans to close Lone Star Real Estate Fund IV next week, according to market sources. Demand exceeds the vehicle’s $5.5 billion hard cap and many investors will likely see the size of their commitments scaled back, the sources said.
1 min read · 08 April 2015
