Private Equity

North America

La Caisse bolsters US private equity ranks with new hire

<p> <span lang="EN-GB">Quebec’s pension fund manager has hired former Adveq US buyout executive Sanjay Gupta for the newly created position in New York.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>

1 min read · 03 August 2015

PERAC takes aim at follow on fundraising

<p><span>The Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission supports vetting of new private equity commitments in a competitive review process.</span></p>

2 min read · 03 August 2015

KKR founder Jerry Kohlberg dies at age 90

Kohlberg left KKR in 1987 to establish his own firm.

2 min read · 03 August 2015

Which PE firm (or firms) is selling some of its Asurion stake?

Asurion LLC is raising debt to partly fund a minority buyout of one or more of its private equity sponsors.

3 min read · 02 August 2015

Private equity pioneer Jerome Kohlberg dies: Reuters

Jerome Kohlberg Jr., a founder of investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and a pioneer of the leveraged buyout, died on Thursday at his home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, aged 90, Reuters News reported.

2 min read · 02 August 2015

Summit Partners COO killed in plane crash

<p><em>Longtime private equity executive Joe Trustey died Wednesday in a plane crash at Milwaukee’s Timmerman Airport.</em></p>

1 min read · 31 July 2015

Brazos to make 3x its money with Vision Source sale

Winding down hasn’t stopped Brazos Private Equity Partners LLP from posting big gains.

2 min read · 31 July 2015

Florida State creates new PE portfolio position

<p>Florida’s State Board of Administration is seeking to fill a newly created position of portfolio manager in its strategic investment and private equity department.</p>

2 min read · 30 July 2015

Summit Partners MD and COO Joseph Trustey and daughter die in plane crash

Summit Partners said Thursday that Joseph Trustey, a managing director and chief operating officer of the Boston growth equity firm, was killed in a plane crash.

1 min read · 30 July 2015

Rhode Island Treasurer: figuring out fees “kind of ridiculous”

Rhode Island treasurer Seth Magaziner talks exclusively to PEI about lobbying the SEC on GP transparency.

2 min read · 30 July 2015

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