Private Equity
Pension funds have been ramping up exposure to alternatives – with some of the world’s largest pension markets recording a rise in average allocations to 19% from 5%. Consultancy Towers Watson is ‘confident’ the numbers will keep rising.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Vietnam’s macroeconomic woes have so far discouraged private equity investment, but renewed activity suggests firms are reassessing the opportunity. By Clare Burrows
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Non-EU managers aiming to raise capital from European investors may need to re-domicile their funds in a European country, according to law firm Allen & Overy.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The $72.8bn pension plan has approved an investment to Blackstone's new Asia-focused vehicle. It also announced an update to its real estate secondary offering.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK, France and Germany have attracted more than half of all private equity investments in Europe since 2007, according to the EVCA.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
Beachpoint Capital Management and Brigade Capital Management will manage $500m each in separately managed accounts dedicated to strategic lending, according to the retirement system.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Syntegra Capital, formerly a captive arm of Société Générale, could make more than 10x on the Italian listing for the notebook maker.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK firm is preparing a float of Belgium’s postal service this summer, in what would be the first listing in the country since 2009.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
As the bank sees increased interest in social impact investing, it has launched a €10m fund which will invest in Dutch SMEs aiming to achieve societal goals on a profitable basis.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Fidelity Growth Partners Europe’s Simon Clark, who will become the BVCA’s annual chairman on 2 April, aims to help the BVCA make ‘a robust case for the asset class’.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
