Private Equity
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2 min read · 06 January 2013
StepStone is in the process of acquiring $2bn fund of funds Parish Capital Advisors, and part of that transaction includes gaining approval of Parish’s LPs.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Vista has been attracting commitments from numerous public institutions in the US, attracted to the firm’s solid returns and LP friendly terms.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $10bn pension system, which only started investing in private equity in 2008, has added some of the biggest names in the asset class to its portfolio, including KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Switzerland-listed fund Castle Private Equity has become the latest publically traded fund to bow to shareholder pressure, having announced a raft of changes ahead of a radical restructuring.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
After two years of significantly lower commitment levels to alternative investments, the pensions system ramped up its commitment pace this year to about $1.8bn as of 30 September, and has chosen managers like Blackstone, GSO and Oaktree.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has kept its limited partners updated on the situation with its CEO Daniel Mudd, who has taken a leave of absence amid SEC allegations, even though Mudd was not a ‘key man’ in the firm’s private equity funds.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The $4.9bn retirement system is expected to increase its allocations to mezzanine and energy strategies as it continues to revive its private equity programme.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $78bn pension system has committed over $3bn across six funds to Warburg since 1994.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $37bn retirement system’s co-investment programme, which launched last year, is already advised by LP Capital Advisors and TorreyCove Capital Advisors.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
