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Snapshot: CalSTRS’ private equity chief talks fees

The ‘real’ story behind fees and their evolution were among topics PEI discussed in Sacramento recently with CalSTRS’ head of private equity, Margot Wirth.

4 min read · 16 November 2015

High Road Capital hires partner from Riverside

Kristin Newhall, formerly a partner at The Riverside Company, will fill a new position at High Road overseeing investor relations and administration, including human resources responsibilities.

1 min read · 12 November 2015

CalPERS to invest $36.5bn in private equity until 2020

The retirement system said it is restructuring and rebalancing its private equity programme, including upping its focus on customised investment accounts and co-investments. As part of this effort, it has already reduced its number of GPs from 132 to 100.

2 min read · 11 November 2015

Ridgemont closes REP II on $995m hard cap

Ridgemont Equity Partners II is larger than its $735m predecessor, but will follow the same strategy as REP I seeking buyout and growth equity investments of $25m-$100m in sectors including energy, healthcare, TMT and basic industries and services.

2 min read · 11 November 2015

Snapshot: Bain talks QuVa expansion

Bain Capital principal Jeff Schwartz tells Private Equity International that the firm’s decision to build the QuVa Pharma platform that manufactures sterile pharmaceutical products for hospitals, was a response to changes to FDA regulation.

2 min read · 09 November 2015

CAI expects Firethorn fund second close in December

The Canadian firm’s Firethorn fund is the first in a series that will take commitments from individual investors, family offices and smaller institutional investors.

1 min read · 06 November 2015

AMG and Pantheon launch retail investor fund

The AMG Pantheon Fund is “designed to be a one-stop shopping experience for the individual investor who can put up as little as $25,000,” Pantheon MD Kevin Albert said. The fund's portfolio will be composed of investments in primaries, secondaries and co-investments across geographies, managers, sectors, stages and vintages.

3 min read · 06 November 2015

Snapshot: Revelstoke transitions from deal-by-deal to fund

Revelstoke’s co-founder and managing partner Dale Meyer talks to <span class="ITALIC">Private Equity International</span> about investing on a deal-by-deal basis and what it means for the firm to launch its debut fund.

2 min read · 05 November 2015

Hamilton Lane targets $1.25bn for Fund IV

Hamilton Lane’s previous secondaries fund, Hamilton Lane Secondary Opportunity Fund III, launched in 2012 and exceeded its $650 million target, closing on $900 million in September 2013.

1 min read · 04 November 2015

Pamplona to acquire MedAssets for $2.7bn

The firm intends combine its Precyse business with MedAssets Revenue Cycle Management segment, and sell off other parts of the company.

1 min read · 04 November 2015

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