Private Equity
The secondaries advisor and placement agent has been approaching large investors about a vehicle that allows clients to 'share' capital calls with cash-strapped LPs.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Both the US private equity and venture capital industries achieved negative IRRs for the quarter ending 30 September 2008, but venture capital outperformed private equity with the lesser of the two negative results.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
‘Super angel’ investors the Rickman brothers have launched their first institutional fund for investment into technology in the UK. A second institutional fund is also being raised to make complementary investments into the same sector internationally.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The troubled Japanese bank, which was bailed out by US private equity firm JC Flowers for a second time in November 2007, is reportedly looking to raise about ¥50bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A $20m investment in South African company Buildworks will benefit from the ongoing development of Africa’s electrical power infrastructure. The company could expand into the Middle East, according to Kingdom Zephyr partner Panos Voutyritsas.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The pension is committed to building its fledgling private equity portfolio and forecasts meeting its targeted 8% allocation to the asset class by 2013, with commitments totaling $3.8bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Canadian Pension Plan fell in value by C$13.8 billion to C$108.9 billion in 2008 as investment returns shrank. However according to the plan’s latest figures, its inflation-linked assets continued to grow in value.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
American Capital, Onex and Allied Capital all reported steep losses for the fourth quarter and full-year 2008 as investments were battered by comparable market declines. The future viability of American Capital and Allied have been questioned by the firms’ auditors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The world’s sovereign wealth funds are expected to allocate up to 30 percent, or around $218 billion, of new investments in unlisted property funds over the next seven years, according to a report by CB Richard Ellis. It comes as Bahrain-based Investcorp launches a $1bn real estate debt vehicle with an unnamed Gulf sovereign wealth fund as an investor.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Abu Dhabi government-backed investment company has hired former Volvo executive Anders Ljungqvist for the role, as it positions itself to build up its third party fund management.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
