Private Equity
Want to find out the latest private equity return data from the most prominent US state pension funds? Buyouts has been compiling a database of the most recent state pension fund private equity return data that is available. The database currently comprises private equity fund performance and information from some 28 pension funds, including more than 1,500 2007 vintage and older funds with more than 500 domestic buyout funds and more than 400 domestic venture capital funds in that dataset. Most of the data are as of Dec. 31, 2012.
1 min read · 06 August 2013
A 1996 vintage energy-focused fund is the top performer for the $12 billion Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho as of December 31, 2012. The analysis ranks the top five and bottom five performers of 2012 looking at vintages from 2010 and older. Secondaries funds were not included in the research for this scorecard.
2 min read · 18 July 2013
Technology-related buyouts, distressed deals and European buyouts are bringing in the top dollars for the $255 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System as of Dec. 31, 2012.
2 min read · 03 July 2013
2 min read · 03 July 2013
The number of portfolio companies backed by sponsors on Standard & Poor’s ‘Weakest Links’ list released last month fell to 14, down from twenty on the list published in March, according to Buyouts estimates. Simultaneously, there has been a slight up-tick in the number of portfolio companies defaulting or filing for bankruptcy protection year to date.
5 min read · 01 July 2013
A 1996 vintage media and communications fund from Providence Equity Partners is tops among buyout funds backed by the Oregon Investment Council, according to performance data as of year-end. A 2006 vintage financial-services fund managed by J.C. Flowers & Co. brings up the rear.
2 min read · 24 June 2013
Washington State Investment Board is probably wishing it had committed a little more money to vintage 2001 buyout funds, a little less to vintage 2007.
3 min read · 10 June 2013
Cerberus Capital Management has generated the highest returns to date for the Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees’ Retirement System among privately-raised debt funds, according to an analysis by Buyouts.
2 min read · 30 May 2013
This week, Buyouts takes a look at University of Texas Investment Management Co.’s top and bottom five performing first time fund managers. UTIMCO is invested in some 17 first time fund managers out of 267 private equity related vehicles in its active portfolio, as of February 28, 2013. Vintages span from 1988 to 2013.
3 min read · 09 May 2013
3 min read · 09 May 2013
