Private Equity
With CenterPoint, Carlyle and Goldman at its wharfs, the Virginia Port Authority has no shortage of willing partners for its assets
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Commitments to the Pan-African private equity firm, led by managing partner Kofi Bucknor, came just shy of its $500m target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Bill Green, the co-founder of a clean technology investment practice at VantagePoint Venture Partners, will lead Macquarie Capital Funds’ push into renewable energy infrastructure in North America. Macquarie currently has only a small portion of its infrastructure assets under management devoted to renewables.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Two weeks after an affiliate division raised private equity's largest-ever RMB fund, the sovereign wealth-backed fund manager has closed its second buyout fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Invesco and Oaktree have secured commitments from the $126bn New York State Common Retirement Fund. The pension also committed $160m to four private equity funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Officials blamed the weak trade statistics for the first half of the year on the worldwide economic slowdown. The good news, however, is that container trade at the port – currently part of a bidding contest between CenterPoint, Carlyle and Goldman Sachs – is now showing increases for the first time in a year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm revealed plans for the fund less than a month after hiring Bill Green to head renewable energy investments for Macquarie Capital Funds in North America.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Hong Kong-based investment arm of China’s Bank of Communications has launched its debut private equity fund, which aims to raise up to $500m for a first close by May.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The agency is seeking comments on rules that would prohibit placement agents from dealing with US public pensions. Among the revelations are that the private fund placement industry may be made to pay for the past sins of the US municipal bond market.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Roughly 60 commingled property vehicles closed on commitments last year, raising $30.4bn – a 66% reduction from the peak of 2007. More than a third of all funds closed were targeting Europe.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
