Private Equity
Despite industry pressure for GPs to reduce their management fees, over two thirds of fund managers are charging the same fee rates from fund to fund, according to research from Proskauer.
2 min read · 10 March 2016
The Zug, Switzerland-based private markets investment manager plans to relocate a number of top executives from its existing US offices to a new regional headquarters.
3 min read · 10 March 2016
Greenhill Cogent has been hired to sell the portfolio just months after the US’ largest pension sold up to $4bn-worth of private equity and real estate stakes.
1 min read · 09 March 2016
Private equity firms focused on investing in the energy sector are scouring that industry to hire people to create value.
3 min read · 09 March 2016
<em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The proposed legislation is part of a multi-state effort on carried interest tax reform, and aims to close the current ‘loophole’ at the state level by taxing carry as ordinary income instead of as capital gains.</span></em>
2 min read · 08 March 2016
CVC Capital Partners has hired Chris Colpitts as a senior managing director and head of US TMT from Deutsche Bank.
1 min read · 08 March 2016
Waud Capital Partners has partnered with former IBM software executive George Ahn to launch a platform seeking investments in the application software industry.
2 min read · 08 March 2016
The listed vehicle realised 10 investments from its underlying funds last year, according to its first annual report.
2 min read · 08 March 2016
Main Post Partners, founded in 2014 by partners from Weston Presidio, initially targeted $250m for Main Post Growth Capital.
2 min read · 08 March 2016
The most important driver of returns is purchase price, co-founder Joshua Harris tells Harvard Business School students.
2 min read · 08 March 2016
