Private Equity
The long-time, influential LP stepped down from his post in April, leaving behind a legacy of tough due diligence and a willingness to speak his mind.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The $19.7bn Texas County & District Retirement System has given preliminary approval for $600m of commitments to private equity and another $575m to natural resources and debt funds.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The $35.6bn endowment has hiked its allocation target to private equity to 16% even as the asset class underperformed its benchmark for fiscal 2012.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The system committed to TowerBrook, SVB Capital, Bayview and Levine Leichtman, continuing on its investment pace as one of the most active alternative investors in the market.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Sales to strategic buyers accounted for half of the 118 realisations in Africa in the last five years, a new study suggests, helping PE achieve returns nearly twice those of regional public markets.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Olga Koulechova will be working on developing investor relations at the Allianz private equity spin-out, which plans to double its assets under management within the next five years.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The $6.5bn retirement system will likely target an allocation between 3% and 7% for private equity, executive director Thomas Williams said.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The system made public the first commitment from its new private equity emerging manager mandate run by Credit Suisse to Siris Capital Group's debut fund as an independent shop.
4 min read · 20 September 2013
As France gradually settles down after a year rich in political and economic drama, its private equity industry is seeing signs of life again. But the resulting recovery is likely to see winners and losers
10 min read · 20 September 2013
The two private equity veterans have acquired 50% of the Spanish lender’s €152bn asset management business.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
