The mega-buyout firm has also closed its distressed financial services fund with roughly $6bn in commitments, and rounded up roughly $4bn for the final close of its Asian fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Investors should look beyond ‘volatile’ short-term concerns in Europe and focus on longer-term issues such as economic growth, liquidity and risk-adjusted performance, according to a report by UK real estate fund manager, Invista. Germany, it said, was one of the most attractive locations.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The beleaguered Australian infrastructure specialist is reviewing Babcock & Brown Capital, a move that follows its purchase of another satellite fund’s management rights and highlights the difficulties the satellite fund model has faced in the wake of the global credit crisis.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
In today's secondaries market, many different sellers have many different motivations. By David Snow.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
With valuations proving a point of contention between would-be vendors and acquirers, sales of private equity portfolios to secondary buyers have been relatively subdued in recent months. But the need to free up capital means action will have to be taken sooner rather than later – and that's why secondaries specialists believe a highly productive period lies ahead. Andy Thomson reports.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
Strong appetite for a new fund of funds included investors looking to switch out of larger funds and into the mid-market.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The beleaguered Australian infrastructure specialist is reviewing Babcock & Brown Capital, a move that follows its purchase of another satellite fund’s management rights and highlights the difficulties the satellite fund model has faced in the wake of the global credit crisis.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The $72.3bn US pension joins a raft of North American funds recording losses for the year to June 30. Once again real estate was the best performing asset class returning 8.74%, followed by fixed income and private equity.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
