Private Equity
The UK firm is preparing a float of Belgium’s postal service this summer, in what would be the first listing in the country since 2009.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
Fidelity Growth Partners Europe’s Simon Clark, who will become the BVCA’s annual chairman on 2 April, aims to help the BVCA make ‘a robust case for the asset class’.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Stevenson James has hired Josephine Defty in a bid to take advantage of GPs' growing need for high-calibre IR professionals in a tough fundraising market.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The firm has lost a group of executives in recent months, including Montagu's head of investment activity in Germany Peter Kroha and industry veteran Alex Shinder, who spent 20 years at the firm.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK-focused firm, which is expected to go to market with Fund IV next year, has hired former Duke Street executive Monica Bergvall.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Morgan Stanley executive Barry Kenneth will oversee investments for the UK’s £13bn Pension Protection Fund, which allocates 20% to alternative assets.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The Paris-based fund of funds has expanded its investment team to include executives with direct deal experience in a bid to respond to increased LP demand for co-investment exposure.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
It is unclear what co-founder Marc Lasry’s departure would mean for Avenue Capital. Pensions documents list him as a key man on the firm’s most recent special situations fund.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The president and CEO of the Canadian pension giant argued for the need for long-term thinking when investing in real estate, as well as other alternative assets, in an address to the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Former CalPERS CEO Federico Buenrostro and placement agent Al Villalobos face charges for allegedly forging disclosure letters certifying that CalPERS knew Villalobos’ placement agency was working on raising various Apollo funds.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
