The Washington State Investment Board’s private equity team will seek to replace Brian Roberts, who is leaving the pension fund next week.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
TPG will join the ranks of other Western firms raising RMB-denominated funds, including Carlyle, KKR and Blackstone. Read more about TPG in the forthcoming issue of PERE.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Anders Åström, Tomas Otterud say Custor Capital will advise institutional investors and other groups on their investment programmes
1 min read · 24 January 2013
A high-ranking CalPERS private equity official allegedly asked Apollo's Leon Black in 2006 to bring investment opportunities directly to him, rather than using 'third parties'.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
There was just one opportunistic real estate fund targeting more than $1 billion in equity commitments in the first six months of 2010, in a sign the industry is scaling down its fundraising efforts.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
An index unveiled by property services firm DTZ suggests North America represents the most attractive opportunity to investors, followed by Asia Pacific, then Europe
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The firm wants to take advantage of new pools of capital, Suzanne Donohoe, head of KKR's client and partners group, told PEO in an exclusive interview.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The $14bn system revealed a placement agent, Glen Sergeon, with a connection to its former CIO, did more work than any other agent since 2004. The pension found no evidence of pay-to-play activities.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based private equity and real estate giant's joint venture with residential developer Great Eagle has broken ground on its first residential development in China. In doing so, Blackstone gains exposure to one of China's most prosperous regions.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The US firm has taken over the investment management of a UK ground rents vehicle from UBS Global Asset Management following a move by three fund managers.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
