Private Equity

North America

Louisiana Teachers’ commits $100m to PE

The $12.5bn pension has approved commitments to EnCap Energy Capital VIII and American Securities Partners VI.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Apollo finds opportunity in the downturn

The firm, led by Leon Black, invested about $23bn through the financial downturn including more than half of its $14.7bn seventh fund, which closed in 2008.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Waiting for the fine print

Offshore LPs are giving a lukewarm reception to Shanghai’s Qualified Foreign LP programme until it is finalised.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Partners opens in South America

The Swiss giant’s global expansion continues. New York-based Karin Hallin will head up a new office in São Paolo, Brazil.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Macquarie Mexican Fund scores $150m loan from IADB

The Inter-American Development Bank approved the loan as a way to ‘foster more participation’ in the fund. Macquarie also released details of the fund’s recent purchase of Decarred, a company that maintains 10 stretches of highway in the US-border state of Durango.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Morgan Stanley Credit closes $1bn debut fund

Morgan Stanley Credit Partners raised just under $1bn for its debut fund, which focuses on corporate mezzanine deals in North America and Europe.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Shanghai publishes guidelines to QFLP programme

The measures leave many of the questions around foreign LP investment into RMB funds unanswered, but contain good news for foreign GPs managing RMB funds.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle promotes PE executives

The Washington DC-based firm has named 15 new managing directors including Brian Bernasek, Andrew Marino and Juan Carlos Felix, alongside 20 promotions to principal/director.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

HarbourVest backs €177m VC spin-out

The firm’s secondary team, which has committed 75% of its $2.9bn Fund VII, has jointly funded the spin-out of a German VC group whose new media portfolio includes some high profile companies like Groupon.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Butler spin-out raises €150m debut fund

Perceva Capital, led by former Butler partner Jean-Louis Grevet, has attracted funding from LPs including Adams Street, Nomura and Caisse des Dépôts.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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