Private Equity
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising slowed over the past two weeks, after starting the year at a break-neck pace. The 2015 total went up by $4 billion, to $118.2 billion. As it stands, this year’s aggregate sits nearly $15 billion ahead of where it was a year ago.
1 min read · 06 July 2015
In a spring survey conducted by Buyouts Insider, 14 placement agents that raised a combined $12.7 billion last year weighed in on where their money came from. Public pension funds was the largest contingent, at 26 percent; the “other investors” category, including sovereign wealth funds, came in second with 18 percent; and endowments/foundations came in third with 12 percent.
1 min read · 06 July 2015
Advisory shop Pantheon Ventures last fall released a study of buyout fund returns showing that a “deep J-curve, relative to vintage peers,” signals that a fund is more likely to be bottom-quartile than top-quartile.
2 min read · 02 July 2015
The United States accounted for more than half the money raised by 14 placement agents that raised a combined $12.7 billion last year, according to a survey conducted this spring by Buyouts Insider (see accompanying chart). Europe came in second place at 19 percent.
1 min read · 01 July 2015
Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the third quarter of 2015.
1 min read · 01 July 2015
Twenty companies owned by buyout shops around the world made the mid-May “weakest links” list generated by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, a low number by post-financial-crisis standards.
2 min read · 29 June 2015
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising had yet another boisterous two weeks, adding $9.7 billion to its yearly total. As it stands right now, this year’s aggregate sits nearly $30 billion ahead of where it was a year ago.
1 min read · 19 June 2015
1 min read · 19 June 2015
2 min read · 19 June 2015
Last year was a good one for distributions for the Washington State Investment Board. In the twelve months, the pension realized a little over $4.0 billion in year-over-year distributions from its buyout portfolio.
1 min read · 19 June 2015
