Private Equity
German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has committed hundreds of millions of euros to a separate account with Pantheon.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
A widened US court case against some of the buyout industry’s biggest names is raising questions over the legality of joint-bidding.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Carlyle’s debut $1.1bn infrastructure fund has posted a gross IRR of 5% and a net IRR of -2% as of 30 June, according to IPO documents. But one of the fund’s LPs said IRR was not a valuable gauge of the fund’s ultimate performance.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The alternatives group has named its co-founder and former head of technology investment Savio Tung as chief executive officer, North America.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Swiss private markets manager has invested in Sorgenia France, a French wind energy joint venture established by KKR and Italian energy company Sorgenia in June.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Michael Langdon is the second senior private equity professional to leave the $41bn pension system in two months. Langdon will help Hermes GPE establish its first-ever Boston office.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Charles Robinson was named the firm’s first head of investor relations. He joins from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he worked as the global head of alternatives distribution.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
South American companies accounted for 10% of Europe’s add-on activity in the second quarter, according to a report from Silverlight and private equity research firm mergermarket.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The managing partner of Clearwater Capital, which has so far raised $200m for its fourth fund, explains how global market turmoil might impact Asia’s credit markets.
5 min read · 06 January 2013
The Washington State Investment Board made a pair of commitments to Leonard Green & Partners and Endeavour Capital.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
