Private Equity
While office occupancy costs dropped in most of the world, The Middle East and Africa as well as Central and Eastern Europe saw cost per workspace per annum increase by 28% and 11% respectively in 2008.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global mid-market firm has done Brazil’s biggest private equity deal this year with the purchase of a 30% stake in CETIP, the largest central depository for private fixed income securities and over-the-counter derivatives in Latin America.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $20bn Connecticut state pension is the latest in a list of US pensions that have ended their relationship with Aldus Equity after the Dallas firm’s founder, Saul Meyer, was indicted for allegedly taking part in a kick-back scheme. Aldus’ lawyer yesterday rebuked the SEC as being ‘careless’ for naming the firm in a related complaint.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
New Mexico’s governor Bill Richardson ordered the state’s $11.8bn oil and gas endowment to suspend investing in private equity and real estate while the endowment reviews investment recommendations made by Aldus Equity. Recommended commitments to Landmark Equity, Newstone Capital, Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Ares Management will have to go through a 'vetting' process again.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Education-focused Apollo Global – a joint venture between two buyout giants – is preparing a £304m bid for BPP, a London-listed provider of professional education to the legal, accounting and finance industries.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Thomas DiNapoli, New York's comptroller in charge of the $122bn New York State Common Retirement Fund, seeks reimbursement of more than $5m in fees paid and other damages from Aldus. The Dallas-based firm is accused of taking part in a kick-back scandal involving the New York Common.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The largest pension in the US has charged its staff with creating a disclosure policy for placement agents and their fees after it was revealed that CalPERS has ties to a kick-back scandal involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The placement agent, co-founded by AVP executives Vicky Schiff and Peter Borges, paid ‘consulting’ fees to the firm run by Henry Morris. Morris is now under investigation as part of the growing kick-back scandal involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The state’s comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, has banned the use of placement agents in investments with the $122bn pension, and has launched a review of pension investments with firms involved in the New York Common kick-back scandal.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Los Angeles placement agent Wetherly Capital paid ‘consulting’ fees to the firm run by Henry Morris, now under investigation as part of a growing kick-back scandal involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund. A director with Wetherly, Vicky Schiff, in 2005 sat on LACERS’ board of commissioners while the pension was considering investing in a Wetherly client.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
