Private Equity
Private equity's fight for favourable takeover rules was lost this week as US competition authorities unveiled sweeping changes in the way firms report mergers and acquisitions.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The pension system, with $237bn in assets, has worked to reduce its number of manager relationships and appears ready to continue the process.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A shift in strategy by pension funds worldwide means they now comprise around half of alternative asset managers investor base, according to a recent survey.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Inflexion has more than quadrupled its money following the secondary buyout of IT resourcing company Red Commerce by peer Dunedin.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The 28% increase in fundraising by venture firms in the second quarter relative to Q2 last year, driven largely by two successful efforts by Accel Partners, shows LPs are still willing to back top tier VCs.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $6.5bn pension fund’s $500m commitment to AlpInvest is the fund of fund’s first since being acquired by The Carlyle Group in January.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In a rare in-depth interview, KKR co-founder George Roberts discusses both the firm’s and private equity’s ongoing evolution as they move past credit crisis ‘hiccups’ and closer to maturity.
10 min read · 05 January 2013
The energy investor has teamed up with sovereign wealth funds CIC and GIC to invest in Enogex, an ArcLight joint venture with OGE Energy Corporation.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm’s fifth secondaries fund of funds, launched late last year, is approaching its $3.5bn target.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The duo have once again teamed up on a multi-billion deal, this time for domain name and site registration company Go Daddy.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
