The Palo Alto venture firm has made a second hire for its India operations, and is opening an office in the southern city of Bangalore.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
LP Capital, a California-based firm that is also one of CalPERS’ advisors, beat out StepStone to replace Portfolio Advisors as the US pension’s private equity gatekeeper.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The former chief executive officer of Credit Suisse asset management, David Blumer, will be replaced by Rob Sharif after taking up a new role as head of financial markets at Swiss Re.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The European private equity firm has stormed into Sweden’s renewable energy sector with a deal to finance and take an equity stake in the country's largest onshore wind farm development Havsnas.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The property investment firm has acquired a portfolio of three Burbank, California office buildings located in the state’s media district.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The former president of Scandinavian exchange OMX is joining the quoted Finnish alternative assets manager to head its planned fund for investing in listed stocks.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York Common Retirement Fund has taken a 51 percent stake in Shurgard, the European arm of US company Public Storage.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm said it had closed its ninth real estate fund and the largest fund ever raised as it promises to take advantage of the current market dislocation.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Swiss bank, which today wrote down $19 billion of assets, saw its chairman Marcel Ospel resign and reported a first quarter loss of $12.1bn, is to create a separate vehicle to own ‘problem assets.’
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The Maine Public Employees Retirement System is considering moving into alternatives including private equity, hedge funds and global real estate.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
