Private Equity
Buyout firm Mediterra Capital Management has held a first close for its debut Turkey-focused private equity fund on €100m, one third of the way towards its target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Robert Clone, a former senior portfolio manager at the Michigan Department of Treasury, was hired in March to run Indiana’s busy private equity programme.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
US state pension fund CalPERS has backed a trio of emerging managers as part of its manager development programme, and has also acquired small stakes in two of the investment groups.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
How a still-emerging private equity firm in China is building an institutionalised investment platform right from the start.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Australian sovereign wealth fund continues to increase its exposure to real estate, private equity and infrastructure, according to its Q1 2011 portfolio update.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Priveq's latest fund has hit its €200m hard-cap in a rapid fundraising that tapped international investors for the first time.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation, which has existing private equity assets worth about A$1.2bn, has made redundant its private equity co-heads as it shifts focus to infrastructure investments.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Regulation 28 of South Africa's Pension Funds Act, which will be effective from 1 July, could result in a surge in assets under management in the private equity space.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $15bn oil and gas endowment had picked StepStone Group in February but could not come to terms with the firm.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
TPG hired former Goldman executives Alan Waxman and Joshua Easterly to run TPG Specialty Lending, a business development company investment vehicle targeting between $800m and $1bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
