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ATRFB expects to double its AUM by 2025

The $13 billion pension fund has a 45 percent allocation to alternatives.

1 min read · 10 November 2016

Goldman Sachs merchant bank promotes 7 to partner

The bulge bracket bank promoted three more for its merchant banking division in the 2016 cycle than it did in the previous cycle two years ago.

3 min read · 10 November 2016

US PE saw strongest performance in 8 quarters in Q2

Cambridge Associates’ US private equity index posted a 3.98% net IRR in Q2, the highest since it reached 5.44% in Q2 2014.

2 min read · 10 November 2016

US carry tax reform ‘practically difficult’

Doubts over whether plans to tax carry as income will be actionable have been raised, along with suggestions a renewed legislative proposal to do so may fail.

2 min read · 10 November 2016

Actis: Mexico has most to fear

Andrew Newington, partner and COO at Actis, reflects on the impact of Trump’s victory on the emerging markets in which the firm operates.

2 min read · 09 November 2016

What does Trump win mean? Six key observations

Experts at a Duff & Phelps seminar at London’s Shard building shone some light on the outcome of the (latest) unexpected election result.

3 min read · 09 November 2016

Private equity wakes up to President Trump

The industry is digesting the implications of a surprise, and, for many, unpopular victory.

3 min read · 09 November 2016

PE industry feeling blue in election

The respondents in PEI’s exit poll leaned heavily towards Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who won 77 percent of the votes, versus 15 percent for her Republican rival, Donald Trump.

3 min read · 08 November 2016

Juniper Capital collects $500m

<p> <em>The firm continues to target mid-market oil and gas opportunities.</em></p> <p><em></em></p>

1 min read · 08 November 2016

LPs monitor the denominator effect

US pension plans are torn between curbing private equity commitments to stay on target or increasing their exposure to boost returns.

2 min read · 08 November 2016

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