Private Equity
Through June 30, 2013, the top public pension system with the highest 10-year returns from private equity investments has been the Teacher Retirement System of Texas with 18.2 percent.
1 min read · 19 September 2014
The 2012 vintage Platinum Equity Capital Partners-A III has climbed the most for the $50 billion Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) for the period Sept. 30, 2012, to Sept. 30, 2013. That vehicle was up 84.8 percentage points out of negative territory to a positive 28.72 percent IRR in 2013 from -56 percent in 2012.
3 min read · 18 September 2014
EnCap Investments’ fund family dominates the top three spots of this week’s scorecard, which takes a look at the top ten and bottom ten performers of the Indiana Public Retirement System as of Dec. 31, 2013. The selection takes a look at some 179 buyout-related vehicles committed to by the state pension fund ranging a 10-year vintage span from 1999 to 2009.
2 min read · 08 September 2014
All eight key buyout sectors tracked by Cambridge Associates posted strong positive returns in the last quarter of 2013.
1 min read · 05 September 2014
Through Aug. 14 there have been 363 M&A exits by U.S.-based private equity sponsors this year, totaling almost $65 billion in disclosed value.
1 min read · 29 August 2014
Of the 295 M&A exits completed by U.S.-based financial sponsors in the first half, the largest portion belonged to the high technology industry with 46.
1 min read · 08 August 2014
In the first half of 2014, 295 M&A exits were completed by U.S.-based financial sponsors, with a total disclosed value of more than $52 billion.
1 min read · 01 August 2014
2 min read · 29 July 2014
It is 2008 vintages that have been working the hardest for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System looking at IRR percentage point increases for the year to December 2013.
2 min read · 29 July 2014
There is a wide variety of default rates among private equity-backed portfolio companies.
1 min read · 25 July 2014
