Private Equity

North America

KIC looks West for venture investing

The sovereign wealth fund is opening its San Francisco office by Q3 to gain competitive advantages in alternative investments across North America, the chairman confirms.

2 min read · 07 February 2020

CalSTRS plans to hike private equity allocation

The $254bn pension will slowly raise the allocation in a series of 'steps' but will not commit to a hard timeline for the process.

3 min read · 07 February 2020

Texas Municipal eyes emerging GPs in Europe

The $30bn pension is building a five-year road map for Europe PE and seeks to back up to 10 GPs.

2 min read · 06 February 2020

Secondary firm Newbury Partners runs secondary on debut fund

The process does not include a shot of fresh capital invested into a new fund, known as a staple.

1 min read · 04 February 2020

Hamilton Lane: China macro has no material effect on fundraising

Secular trends in fundraising are more dominant than macro themes, said chief executive Mario Giannini on the firm’s third quarter fiscal 2020 earnings call.

2 min read · 04 February 2020

Bain’s Lavine: PE can’t be in a defensive crouch

Jonathan Lavine, co-managing partner of Bain Capital, said the private equity industry should engage more with policymakers and be more transparent on both good and bad outcomes.

2 min read · 04 February 2020

The one thing that keeps Blackstone up at night

On an earnings call last week, president and COO Jonathan Gray revealed the what worries the world's largest private equity firm the most.

2 min read · 04 February 2020

Temasek’s plan to make its presence felt

John Vaske is establishing the Singapore government-owned investor as a key player in the North American market.

10 min read · 03 February 2020

KKR: ‘Best opportunities are outside the US'

The firm's private equity activity in Q4 was mostly in Europe and Asia, totalling a little less than half of $4bn of total investments.

3 min read · 31 January 2020

Blackstone collects record $134bn as perpetual capital drives inflows

Perpetual vehicles, which require no mandatory return of capital, are transforming the firm's asset base and earnings, president and COO Jonathan Gray said on a Q4 earnings call Thursday.

2 min read · 30 January 2020

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