The $7.6bn pension has terminated $150m in recommended commitments from its former private equity advisor Aldus Equity.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Indicted financier Allen Stanford’s business has an investment portfolio valued at $650m, including private equity holdings and a Houston hotel.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Emerging markets giant Actis is adjusting to life after the closing of its $2.9bn third fund by building up its IR and communications teams.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The buyout firm's first US deal is for Everpower Wind Holdings, which it has purchased from renewable-focused Good Energies.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Korea Investment Corporation’s move into private equity is good news for GPs in a fundraising drought.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Fundraising for Asia-focused funds may have stalled, but it has less to do with Asia than it has to with a slowdown in the pace of investments globally, writes Siddharth Poddar.
9 min read · 21 January 2013
The $36.9bn endowment is reportedly planning to sell some of its holdings in private equity, hedge funds and other money managers to bring more capital in-house and be more ‘nimble’.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
According to research by ratings agency Moody’s and Real Capital Analytics, US office prices rose 4.1% in the second quarter, compared to an 18.6% in Q1. The increase was the first for two years.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Southern European buy-and-build specialist is giving LPs greater control over investments made by the fund, which will support add-ons for Fund III portfolio companies.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Swiss-based alternatives firm which advises some of the largest investors in the world says only very few markets such as the UK have reached the ‘late downturn’ stage. The finding comes as Blackstone is tipped to buy a 50 percent stake in a London office complex for £150m.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
