Private Equity
<span class="ITALIC">L</span> Catterton Growth Partners III started fundraising last month, targeting $500m, and is the first fund to close since Catterton combined with LVMH and Groupe Arnault’s private equity and real estate holdings.
2 min read · 11 February 2016
Private equity represented 20.9 percent of the pension’s investments on 30 September 2015, above its target allocation of 17.5 percent.
1 min read · 11 February 2016
Reports from PwC and Clifford Chance cite concerns around market volatility as reasons for a challenging 2016 for deal-makers.
2 min read · 10 February 2016
The listed firm follows in the footsteps of Appollo Capital Management announcing a share buyback and also revealed it has secured $3bn for its longer-term fund Carlyle Global Partners.
2 min read · 10 February 2016
The Ospraie spin-out led by Ripplewood co-founder John Duryea has raised $200m since 2014 for its debut fund toward its $750m target.
1 min read · 10 February 2016
The NEPC Q4 2015 Endowment and Foundation Poll found that about a third of institutions polled planned to up their allocation to private markets this year, a stronger response than to other asset classes.
2 min read · 09 February 2016
The fund raising began in the summer with a target of $550m.
1 min read · 09 February 2016
The mezzanine powerhouse is expected to have raised a third of its target for the fund, which will focus on restructurings.
1 min read · 09 February 2016
The foundation hired Greg Williamson of BP America in May to oversee the $5bn portfolio and is looking for a PE head and a senior investment manager.
1 min read · 08 February 2016
In its Private Markets Navigator First Half 2016 report Partners Group flagged the “questionable risk/return profiles” of some large buyout transactions, particularly in Europe.
3 min read · 08 February 2016
