Private Equity
The South Korean pension issues an RFP for domestic PE/VC fund managers.
1 min read · 28 August 2020
Board VP and investment committee chair Theresa Taylor harshly criticised fellow board member Margaret Brown as well as a prominent financial blogger.
3 min read · 28 August 2020
Carlyle has $7 billion of dry powder to invest in the current cycle, head of global credit Mark Jenkins told Buyouts, a significant portion of which will go into “transitional capital” opportunities.
4 min read · 27 August 2020
MSBI has backed six private equity funds in its latest round of commitments.
1 min read · 27 August 2020
The private equity firm is one of several to have launched programmes to help employees get through the crisis.
4 min read · 27 August 2020
Plenty for you to mull over this morning, ranging from how KKR is taking on mental health issues to where PE folk go on holiday during a pandemic. Plus: the pitch of anti-PE rhetoric increases once more, the rise of 'natural capital' and the latest from CalPERS. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
5 min read · 27 August 2020
A divided SEC has widened the definition of accredited investors, another tentative step to bring more retail investors into the private funds market.
2 min read · 27 August 2020
Launched this year by former OMERS Private Equity and McKinsey executives, Venn Growth is preparing to roll out an inaugural fund with a $300 million target.
2 min read · 26 August 2020
Margaret Brown says doing so would be necessary until an investigation is completed into former CIO Ben Meng's financial disclosures.
4 min read · 26 August 2020
The US public pension has backed four private equity funds.
1 min read · 26 August 2020