The UK's second largest pension fund the Universities Superannuation Scheme is demonstrating its appetite for alternatives with the appointment of two private equity specialists to lead its co-investment programme alongside its fund investments.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR’s negotiations with underwriters of the First Data deal — the second such mega deal for which banks have had difficulty syndicating the debt — will be a harbinger of things to come, says Dechert attorney Scott Zimmerman.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The European mid-market firm Bridgepoint is beginning discussions with investors for its fourth fund, targeting a 45 percent increase on its 2005 fund Bridgepoint Europe III.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Nicholas Lockley, editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the headlines of the last four weeks on the web.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Dedicated secondary buyers are flat out, with billion dollar portfolio disposals being arranged by leading LPs such as CalPERS. At the same time, buyers are beginning to seriously contemplate what an end to the private equity boom might mean for them. Philip Borel reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
A new Softbank affiliate is making its mark across Asia.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
RISK-RESISTANT 2007-09-01 Staff Writer <quotation><italic></italic></quotation>France's world-famous Le Mans 24-hour car race is, as the name would suggest, a test of endurance. It is also, in at least equal measure, an examination of nerves. Two examples illustrate this well. In 1955
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Operational heavyweight Bruno Deschamps swaps Clayton, Dubilier for 3i.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Finland’s state pension fund wants to increase its alternatives allocation still further after another strong set of results.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Advantage Partners, one of Japan’s most prominent local private equity groups, is making its first foray into what one investor referred to as ‘hedge fund management’, with a $2 billion fund that will buy minority stakes in listed Japanese companies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
