Private Equity
The $16.5bn system plans to commit around $450m to private equity in 2013.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The US special situations firm will make the investment from its Fund III, which blew past its hard-cap earlier this year to close on $785m.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The lower-mid market firm has generated a 40% IRR on its equity investment in Information Storage Consolidation Company as it seeks $75m for its Graycliff Mezzanine II fund.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The firm is diversifying by acquiring Swiss fund of funds APEN alongside Fortress Investment Group and Newbury Partners. APEN is shifting its focus from fund investments to co-investments and secondaries in emerging markets.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The London-listed firm has secured its second exit in a week, after selling its 36.5% stake in HTC Sweden to Nordic firm Polaris Private Equity for approximately £40m.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
After a decade of strong growth from BRIC economies, countries like Thailand, Turkey, Peru and Chile are poised to represent the best opportunities for private equity, according to speakers at an emerging markets-focused industry conference.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The last exit by the firm’s Fund III, which brings the overall performance of the 12-year old vehicle to 3.3x, comes as the French GP continues raising a €3bn fund.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The firm started marketing its eighth distressed investment fund last fall after closing its seventh investment vehicle in 2011.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The $9.9bn pension is increasing its private equity allocation to 10% and will commit between $225m and $250m to the asset class in 2013.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The acquisition of BMC Software by a group of investors including Golden Gate Capital, Insight Venture Partners and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is the third private equity ‘mega-deal’ to transact in 2013.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
