The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board moves very large sums of money in and out of private equity. Direct investment is a key component of its strategy finds Philip Borel.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Investor support for private equity fund managers continues to rise, in spite of concerns that some are not sticking to the agreed script.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Just months after its Euronext-traded Carlyle Capital fund folded, the private equity firm is shutting down an affiliated hedge fund. It backed away from its previous hedge fund strategy, a fund of hedge funds, in 2003.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US’ largest union of long-term care workers, the Service Employees International Union, launched its ‘global day of action’ today targeting KKR, its portfolio company Toys R Us and pension funds and politicians in support of the buyout industry. Unite, the largest union in Britain, also joined the cause.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US’ largest union of long-term care workers, the Service Employees International Union, launched its ‘global day of action’ today targeting KKR, its portfolio company Toys R Us and pension funds and politicians in support of the buyout industry. Unite, the largest union in Britain, also joined the cause.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US’ largest union of long-term care workers, the Service Employees International Union, launched its ‘global day of action’ today targeting KKR, its portfolio company Toys R Us and pension funds and politicians in support of the buyout industry. Unite, the largest union in Britain, also joined the cause.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US’ largest union of long-term care workers, the Service Employees International Union, launched its ‘global day of action’ today targeting Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, pension funds and politicians in support of the buyout industry. Unite, the largest union in Britain, also joined the cause.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The long-time KKR loyalist will be the first public pension to invest in a “dedicated separate account” managed by KKR Fixed Income. The commitment dwarfs previous Oregon commitments to KKR’s buyout funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Pacific Northwest technology investor has raised its most recent fund in a matter of months with 100 percent of institutional investors returning.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity firm’s latest global buyout fund, targeting an estimated $20bn, now reportedly counts China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange as a substantial investor.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
