Private Equity
The emergence of new pools of capital is a welcome signal for private equity fund managers, even if 'new' LPs aren't always looking to commit to traditional PE funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Several institutions have carved out - or considered creating - space for private equity for the first time, countering a retreat by struggling LPs with more experience in the asset class.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The education company could reportedly raise up to A$600m from a listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, although a trade sale will also be considered.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm sold nearly 15m shares in chemical company Brenntag in a heated German IPO market.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Banks and insurers – two significant players in the domestic French LP base – are being pulled away from asset class.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
UK pension funds are increasingly favouring alternatives, with the average asset allocation rising to 9 percent in 2010, according to Mercer.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Macquarie Funds Group has hired former Partners Group executive Mike Siebert, who joined the firm’s Sydney office when it was launched in April 2008.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale, expected to net the Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund about $171m, will be a ‘significant milestone’ for the firm, according to CEO John Stuart, because it will mean its portfolio will comprise entirely of direct investments in Asian infrastructure assets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
European mid-market firm HgCapital has agreed two investments in as many weeks: laundry equipment business JLA and software company StepStone.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The body of ADIA’s managing director, Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nehayan, has been recovered four days after a glider accident.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
