Private Equity
Market weighted risk contribution portfolios offer a solution to many of the drawbacks of standard asset allocation models, write Philippe Jost and Ivan Herger
7 min read · 22 January 2014
The energy investor exceeded its $4.25bn target for Fund IX and has deployed about $350m in three investments.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Shelley Zoler, one of a group of senior-level private equity executives to have left TIAA-CREF in recent years, has found a home at boutique investment bank Bentley Associates.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The private equity-backed company’s listing will seek to bolster investor’s confidence in Russia’s capital markets – an uncertain endeavour, says Baring Vostok’s Costyashkin.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
Southern Europe continues to face huge economic challenges – challenges so great that they may yet bring down the entire Eurozone. But although investing within the region is more difficult than ever before, local managers say there are still good deals to be found
9 min read · 22 January 2014
With 45% of its revenues coming from Latin America, Probos fits well with the strategy that N+1 has been actively pursuing since its merger with Spanish rival Mercapital.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Technology behemoth Microsoft has provided one of the biggest ever mezzanine loans to fund US buyout group Silver Lake’s record-breaking, $24bn buyout of Dell.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
The two private equity firms have invested in eBaoTech, a provider of software and services to the insurance industry.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The $88bn US pension system's recent commitments included new relationships with ICG Europe and Rhone Partners.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The Dutch pension administrator has brought on Greg Jania as head of private equity fund investments as it builds up its internal private equity capabilities.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
