Private Equity
The 2008 vintage Silver Lake Credit Fund LP jumped the highest in terms of distributions for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System buyout fund portfolio, according to performance data for the period from June 2012 to June 2013. This scorecard looked at a selection of some 210 buyout-related vehicles ranging in vintage from 1991 to 2012.
1 min read · 27 January 2014
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms have raised $9.84 billion in capital so far this year through Jan 17.
1 min read · 21 January 2014
Fortress Investment Group is Washington State Investment Board’s top-performing, buyout-related fund manager returning to market this year. The fund manager features in first and fourth place with its 2002 vintage Fortress Investment Fund II LLC posting an IRR of 36.03 percent and its 2000 vintage Fortress Investment Fund LP posting an IRR of 25.65 percent, according to performance data as of June 30, 2013.
2 min read · 15 January 2014
A 2007 vintage Swedish buyout vehicle fighting to emerge from a negative IRR posted the greatest IRR increase by percentage points for The Regents of the University of California buyout fund portfolio in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest return data available from the university.
2 min read · 27 December 2013
2 min read · 11 December 2013
It’s Bridgepoint’s 2008 vintage European large buyout vehicle that has shown the greatest IRR increase by quarter in the most recent figures from Washington State Investment Board to June 30. The data compares some 192 buyout-related vehicles, ranging from vintages 1994 to 2011.
1 min read · 11 December 2013
The number of entities at risk of default climbed to a 10-month high in the three-month period to mid-November, according to Standard & Poor’s. At the same time, Buyouts found another uptick in the number of such companies with a U.S.-based financial backer.
3 min read · 09 December 2013
2 min read · 27 November 2013
Wingate Partners’ 2007 vintage scores the biggest leap in IRR for University of Texas Investment Management Co, according to a comparison of performance data for the periods August 2012 to August 2013. The data compares some 178 buyout-related vehicles with vintages ranging from 1996 to 2011.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
Searchlight Capital, the buyout firm launched by former KKR and Apollo Global executives, posted the greatest year-on-year multiple increase for the $159 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, according to a comparison of performance data for the period March 2012 to March 2013. The data compares some 197 buyout-related vintages ranging from as far back as 1987 to as young as 2011.
2 min read · 15 November 2013
