Private Equity
The $5.8bn retirement system is in discussions with HarbourVest Partners for a seat on Dover Street VIII’s advisory board.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The $16.6bn system plans to commit around $450m to private equity in 2013.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Robert Berlé joins the Italian fund of fund after 30 years as an investment and corporate banker, as the firm seeks to further expand its industrial and geographical remit.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Fund of funds Vista Ridge Capital, which counts an Oregon Investment Council investment officer as an advisor, is targeting $100m for its latest vehicle.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The US mid-market firm has completed the sale of automotive component maker Huron, generating more than a 30% IRR since acquiring the company in 2005.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Adams Street partner Timothy Kelly is retiring from the fund of funds at year's end after 10 years.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
Although just about half of the LPs in the study have had difficult conversations with GPs about performance, nearly two-thirds said private equity is performing better than other investments in their portfolio.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The State Investment Board has tacked another $250m to the $500m commitment it made to KKR North America XI in 2011, citing its need for ‘additional North American exposure’.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Fundraising totals in 2012 seemed to belie the horror stories shared by many GPs searching for capital, as overall totals jumped from 2011. But the picture is more complex in emerging markets like Asia.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Nordic Capital is past the half-way mark on its revised €3bn target for Fund VIII.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
