Private Equity
Paul Maeder, a co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners, is expected to continue the industry association's lobbying against future regulations affecting venture funds.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Abu Dhabi Capital Management is targeting $100m for its first-ever secondaries fund that will focus on investments mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $150bn pension will consider more opportunities for internal management of investment assets as it looks for ways to cut costs.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Landmark Partners' chief executive officer, Francisco Borges, says at $718m, Landmark Real Estate Fund VI is the largest single-pooled real estate secondary fund ever raised, while the market is still in the ‘early innings’ of the cycle.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
LPs – 80 percent of whom were returning investors – were able to choose desired sector allocations and exposure levels from three principal strategy choices.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Alok Gaur, formerly of Credit Suisse Real Estate Private Funds Group and more recently Greenhill & Co, has joined Carlyle in its Washington DC headquarters.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Brazil-based asset manager Rio Bravo is raising an energy fund, targeting up to $450m, that will have a mix of domestic and global LPs, a unique structure that could be the start of a trend for the emerging economy.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm, a former affiliate of KKR that employs a hybrid real estate and private equity investment strategy, will likely hit its hard cap of $2bn by summer.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Three private equity firms are vying with corporate players to acquire Polish telecommunications group Polkomtel, with binding offers expected to come in above the $6bn-mark in a month’s time.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm is increasing its stake in components maker Yageo, in which it already owns a 16% stake.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
