Private Equity

North America

New Jersey withdraws $100m commitment to Advent

The NJ State Investment Council decided to stop negotiations with Advent on investing $100m in Advent GPE VIII, which had no preferred return.

2 min read · 31 May 2016

Phoenix Venture Partners raises $58.5m

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1 min read · 31 May 2016

Tapping $42trn of individual investor capital

Nextvest, a direct co-investing platform could open the floodgates for the vast amount of wealth sitting among retail and family office investors, who have traditionally faced limited access to private equity.

3 min read · 31 May 2016

State Street index shows PE rebound

In State Street Corporations’ GX Private Equity Index benchmark, the latest results showed that the index made a rebound of 1.11 percent in Q4 of 2015 after a drop in Q3.

2 min read · 31 May 2016

Maryland State increases PE target to 11%

The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System board has approved a reorganization of its asset allocations and has increased it private equity target from 10%.

2 min read · 31 May 2016

GP-led restructurings price on a fine line

Greenhill Cogent managing director Brian Mooney tells the Private Fund Restructuring book launch hosted by Citco that pricing at 90% of NAV is the key to success.

2 min read · 31 May 2016

HarbourVest plans board review

London-listed HabourVest Global Private Equity plans to appoint consultants to conduct an appraisal of its board.

2 min read · 31 May 2016

Carlyle head of financial services group resigns – reports

Olivier Sarkozy's departure comes less than a week after the firm announced Mitch Petrick, head of global market strategies at the Carlyle Group, will step down to launch his own firm.

1 min read · 26 May 2016

Ardian purchases portfolio from Ontario Teachers

OTPP’s portfolio of PE fund stakes included at least six different European vehicles, from managers including BC Partners and EQT.

2 min read · 26 May 2016

Just closed: MCM Capital Partners raises $64.1mn

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1 min read · 26 May 2016

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