Private Equity
European LPs aren’t the only ones concerned with environmental, social, and corporate governance issues—these days, US LPs are increasingly keen to know what buyout giant KKR is doing to be part of the solution, KKR’s ESG director Elizabeth Seeger tells Private Equity International.
4 min read · 22 July 2016
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1 min read · 21 July 2016
A PEI survey of the global private equity community found that US-based investors are largely unaffected by Brexit in their outlook for the asset class in comparison to those in the UK and the rest of the world.
2 min read · 21 July 2016
The Washington, DC-based buyout firm, which focuses on mid-market contractors to the US government, is looking to grow in size: it is targeting $350m for its second fund, up from the $250m target for its debut fund.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
The buyout firm, which invests in food and beverage companies, has also closed on its first debt vehicle, which will provide a source of subordinated debt for its fourth fund.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
The London-based placement agent aims to almost double its team in New York, from 12 to 20, by the middle of next year.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
The fast-growing venture capital firm co-founded by Joshua Kushner – whose brother Jared is Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law – raised almost double the $400m it secured in 2014, and will now be managing almost $1.5 billion in assets.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
If the Financial Choice Act is passed, private equity managers may no longer be required to register as investment advisers with the SEC.
2 min read · 19 July 2016
Pelican Energy’s latest offering was oversubscribed, signaling strong LP appetite for a fund investing in energy services and equipment companies even as oil prices plummeted below $30 a barrel earlier this year.
2 min read · 19 July 2016
pfm was in the Central London Employment Tribunal to witness the credit team’s co-chief investment officer give evidence relating to a former employee’s disability discrimination claim.
3 min read · 19 July 2016
