Private Equity

North America

Quickfire Q&A: Florida SBA’s Ash Williams

<p><em><span lang="EN-GB">Florida State Board of Administration's CIO Ash Williams discusses GP discipline and whether firms can maintain it as we near the end of the current market cycle.</span></em></p> <p> </p>

1 min read · 21 December 2016

Pomona&#039;s Granoff: What I learned from Bill Clinton

Pomona chief executive Michael Granoff talks about US politics, retail investors and the importance of being an intense listener.

6 min read · 21 December 2016

Texas TRS: Hurdle is ‘sacred ground’

<em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Teacher Retirement System of Texas, which generates some of the best private equity portfolio returns among US public pension funds, won’t invest if it thinks GPs are being greedy</span></em>

5 min read · 21 December 2016

CalPERS cuts interim allocation to PE to 8%

The California pension plan also increased its interim allocation to real assets to 13% from 12%.

2 min read · 20 December 2016

Looking back: North America in 2016

<p><em>This year was a rollercoaster year punctuated by uncertainty related to geopolitical events, while</em><em><span> the US private equity market saw elevated valuations and increasing dry powder.</span></em></p> <p><span></span></p>

3 min read · 20 December 2016

PRIM&#039;s Mass appeal

PEI sat down at the beginning of the year with the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board’s CIO Michael Trotsky and its director of private equity Michael Bailey to discuss one of the best performing PE programmes in the US.

8 min read · 20 December 2016

Bain acquires $950m nursing provider

The firm has acquired Epic Health Services from Webster Capital, a sale which saw Webster reap a 10x multiple on its original $42m acquisition.

2 min read · 20 December 2016

Apax closes ninth global fund on $9bn hard-cap

The European firm’s latest fund, Apax IX, is about 20% larger than its previous fund that closed in 2013.

2 min read · 20 December 2016

HarbourVest expands senior team with 3 new MDs

The Boston-headquartered firm’s round of promotions comes a month after it closed its oversubscribed secondaries fund Dover IX on $4.77bn.<br />

2 min read · 20 December 2016

Looking back: Top five funds of 2016 - update

Fundraising figures for 2016 are already higher than the previous year, and include three funds closing above the $10bn mark.

2 min read · 19 December 2016

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