A 1% management fee on invested capital was one of several choice economic terms that New Jersey's alternatives chief Christine Pastore helped build into customised funds managed by Blackstone.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The $66bn pension projects saving $120m in fees over the life of the partnership, in which the system will allocate capital to traditional Blackstone funds and customised accounts with ‘1% and 15%’ term structures.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The bankrupt parent company of American Airlines had $389m-worth of unfunded exposure to private equity funds as of 31 December. It’s not clear if the company will continue to meet capital calls through bankruptcy proceedings.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Thomas Putter, former co-head of Allianz’s alternative assets business and a pioneer of renewable energy infrastructure investing, believes the world has changed irrevocably. For limited partners, this means the need to think hard about what the infrastructure asset class really is. And for fund managers, it means preparing for a backlash from disaffected stakeholders.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
The $26bn retirement system also made a pair of commitments, totaling around $80m, to Leonard Green’s sixth fund and BC Partners’ ninth European capital fund.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
One of the highest profile figures in European private equity real estate is leaving German insurance company Gothaer for Austria’s largest real estate firm chaired by the country’s former prime minister.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
UK-listed 3i attempted to placate investors by announcing a substantially increased dividend during its half year results presentation Thursday morning, as it revealed its portfolio had fallen in value by £523m.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Lexington Partners’ founder Brent Nicklas has spent the last 20 years trying to create LP-friendly products – and in doing so, has built one of world’s biggest secondaries managers. In a rare interview, he tells James Taylor that it’s time for private equity to start focusing exclusively on its most important constituency: investors
10 min read · 15 January 2013
A sensible allocation to distressed debt and related strategies within a portfolio can smooth out volatility and boost returns, says CalPERS’ Réal Desrochers
6 min read · 15 January 2013
If adopted, the $235bn pension system would place most of its alternative investments in buyout funds, with an additional 30% in credit related investments and growth/expansion funds.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
