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Friday Letter Buyers remorse

Despite exit fever, investor sentiment around private equity is beginning to erode in some places

3 min read · 07 November 2014

Pantheon secures €100m Finnish mandate

The firm will be investing the capital in buyout and growth funds across Asia and emerging markets

2 min read · 07 November 2014

Oregon kicks in another $250 mln to Blackstone separate account

The Oregon State Treasury tacked an additional $250 million onto a separate account managed by The Blackstone Group, Chief Investment Officer John Skjervem told Buyouts in an email.

2 min read · 06 November 2014

TPG to snap up Prezzo

The US-based firm fought off competition from Advent International

2 min read · 06 November 2014

Virginia locks in $845 mln worth of commitments to five funds

The Virginia Retirement System committed $845 million to private equity funds in August through October, according to a list provided to its investment advisory committee at its Nov. 4 meeting.

2 min read · 05 November 2014

Actis expands renewables strategy into India, Africa

The emerging markets investor is planning two other platforms to join its existing ones in Chile, Brazil and Mexico

1 min read · 05 November 2014

Nordic Capital draws line under tax row

The firm, which has been battling with the Swedish tax authority for many years, will not have to pay a reported $108m tax bill

3 min read · 05 November 2014

Actis ties up $65m South African shoe deal

This the firm’s second deal this week having also invested $100m in a Brazilian broker

1 min read · 05 November 2014

Alternatives get promoted at colleges, universities

U.S. college and university endowments, a vital source of capital for many private equity managers, ratcheted up their allocations to alternative assets by a significant margin this year, according to preliminary data from the 2014 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments.

2 min read · 04 November 2014

LP Scorecard: Austin Ventures, KKR bring in Texas-sized cash-on-cash return for Washington

Much goes into the decision investors make when figuring out where to place their money, but none is more paramount than the potential cash-on-cash return of their investments. In our latest scorecard, we take a look at the Washington State Investment Board portfolio and rank funds by cash-on-cash return as of March 31. The top ten results are presented in the accompanying table.

1 min read · 04 November 2014

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