Private Equity
The Carlyle Group is in the market targeting about $452 million for its second “local” Brazil fund, called Fundo Brasil de Internacionalização de Empresas FIP II, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
2 min read · 29 July 2014
Is there room at the small end of the market for a new growth investment shop looking to cut VC-sized checks? Matthew Safaii is working to find out.
2 min read · 28 July 2014
Patria Investimentos, the Brazil-focused private equity shop backed by The Blackstone Group, has emerged first among a group of contenders raising money for new Brazil funds.
3 min read · 25 July 2014
Summit Partners, the Boston-based growth-equity firm, is developing a taste for standalone credit investing, raising almost double the amount for its sophomore debt fund as it had for its inaugural pool.
2 min read · 22 July 2014
Patria Investimentos, backed by The Blackstone Group, has closed its fifth private equity fund on $1.8 billion, beating its original $1.5 billion target, according to a person with knowledge of the fundraising.
3 min read · 21 July 2014
Some private equity limited partners have been “de-risking” their illiquid portfolios, according to a fresh first-half pricing report from alternative asset advisory firm Cogent Partners.
3 min read · 20 July 2014
The Blackstone Group is back in the market with its “second generation” Tactical Opportunities vehicle, essentially a separate account pool that combines smaller single LP mandates in a commingled fund with large tailored accounts for big investors.
3 min read · 17 July 2014
HarbourVest Partners has hired Michael Dean, head of real assets at Meketa Investment Group, as it builds up its capabilities for investing in real assets—mostly energy and infrastructure.
2 min read · 16 July 2014
Secondaries sellers reaping big prices for their limited partner stakes on the private equity secondaries market can, in part, thank the Federal Reserve.
3 min read · 15 July 2014
Melissa Griffin, a private equity portfolio manager at the Florida State Board of Administration, has joined the Georgia Division of Investment Services as a private equity analyst, Jim Potvin, executive director of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, confirmed.
2 min read · 14 July 2014
