Private Equity
The $23bn pension will look for opportunities to invest alongside GPs in its portfolio for the first time and has set its target commitment amount for fiscal 2012 at $625m.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Fundraising by firms targeting emerging markets is accelerating, says trade body EMPEA, which predicts the total will reach $40bn by year end, almost double the $23.5bn raised in the whole of 2010.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The Townsend Group, a real estate advisory and investment firm, has been 70% sold to Aligned Asset Managers, a GTCR portfolio company.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The US Republican presidential candidate said last week that he is in favour of comprehensive tax reform, which includes how carried interest is taxed.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Mid-market private equity transactions in North America this year show a significant disparity in valuations for large and small businesses, due in part to increased availability of debt for larger deals, according to GF Data.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The two investor groups' decision to back an unusual deal set up by a Scotland-based industrial group in 2008 has already paid dividends.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Current market dislocation could present opportunities for private equity funds and investors, says Juan Delgado Moreira, managing director and head of Europe and Asia for Hamilton Lane.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
Brazilian managers have been employing unique fund terms to appease the crowd of investors eager to take stakes in the country, according to Debevoise & Plimpton partners Erica Berthou (pictured) and Peter Furci.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Darwin Private Equity has acquired cloud-based computing company Attenda from M/C Partners, a private equity firm which specialises in communications, media and IT.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Non-EU fund managers have been provided a brief window to submit their feedback on how EU regulators are proposing to supervise their access to EU institutional investors.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
