Private Equity
Sir Bob Geldof delivered a keynote address at PEI’s Africa Forum on Wednesday in which he urged the industry to help make Africa 'one of the polar financial centres of the world'.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The $74bn pension has launched a competitive auction for a portfolio of fund stakes worth more than $1bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $113bn pension has issued a request for proposal for a firm to run a sale of private equity and possibly real estate fund interests on the secondaries market. Proposals are due 21 June.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
New Mexico Public Employees’ Retirement Association is considering committing $20m to Oaktree’s European Principal Fund III, a distressed debt vehicle targeting between €2.5bn and €3bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Multiples Asset Management, Mount Kellett Capital, Wolfensohn Capital Partners together with Bancorp will invest $64.4m in Dhanlaxmi Bank.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Peruvian firm Nexus Group has beat its target for its first international institutional fund, showing LP appetite for the region can overcome scepticism of new managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global alternatives group distributed $6.4bn to investors in the first quarter this year, almost as much as the $7.5bn it returned in 2010, according to the David Rubenstein-led firm’s annual report.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm, which is 40% controlled by Blackstone, is expected to hit its hard-cap of $1.2bn by July.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets private equity firm has acquired two electricity supply and transport businesses in Guatemala from Gas Natural Fenosa, a Spanish energy operator.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
UK-listed 3i, which doubled its investment pace in the past year, set a new 15% benchmark for future returns but CEO Michael Queen reported results for the last financial year which fell short of that despite a successful reorganisation.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
