Private Equity
Traditional methods for evaluating private equity fund performance are ‘inaccurate and misleading’, according to recent research from consulting firm Peracs and software company eFront.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Brazilian mid-market firm attracted an international group of LPs to close its second fund over its initial target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Private Fund Advisory Group at Lazard has lost a group of high-level placement agents in the past few years, but the team overall has tripled in size since its inception in 2003.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Abu Dhabi Capital Management Secondary Private Equity Fund is 40% invested. The firm will raise a second fund focused on secondaries ‘in a few months’ with a $100m target.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Dutch start-up Holland Private Equity has held a final close for its inaugural fund just above its target, 18 months after it abandoned a private individual-backed model and launched an institutional fundraising.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Committed Advisors, founded by former AXA PE executives Daniel Benin and Barthelemy de Beaupuy, has already closed on eight transactions.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Orchid Asia V attracted around 60 investors for a final close on hard-cap target of $650m just one year after its official launch in July 2010.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Advent Venture Partners has booked a substantial return on its investment in payment processing business Zong following its sale to online auction house eBay for $240m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Swiss-headquartered alternatives firm is the latest global private equity player to launch an RMB-denominated fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm’s second mid-market buyout fund will target investments in several Latin American countries like Chile and Peru, but significantly will not look for opportunities in Brazil.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
