Private equity provided an 18.6 percent return for the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System last year, allowing the Canadian pension to beat its overall benchmark. Amanda Janis recently met with Paul Renaud, head of OMERS Capital Partners, to discuss the methodology his in-house investment team employs and his thoughts on industry trends.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Global private energy specialist First Reserve has broadened its investment scope with a $300m investment in barley-based ethanol production.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
3i, the London-listed private equity giant, is trading at a discount to net asset value but has grand plans to nearly double its assets under management by the end of 2010.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
PEAK PERFORMANCE 2008-06-01 Staff Writer ‘Long-term performance is what matters in private equity‘. This oft-recited statement is a truism in the sense that clearly what happens over a ten-year period is of more significance than, let's say, a mere 12 months. Keeping the thought firmly at the front of one's
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Gautum Patel will be based in the venture firm’s Silicon Valley office until the second half of 2008, when he and fellow GP Ramneek Gupta relocate to Mumbai.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Gautum Patel will be based in the venture firm’s Silicon Valley office until the second half of 2008, when he and fellow GP Ramneek Gupta relocate to Mumbai.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The firm has hired Aaron Nieman to build an event-driven hedge fund platform targeting the Asia-Pacific region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The firm has hired Aaron Nieman to build an event-driven hedge fund platform targeting the Asia-Pacific region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Westport, Connecticut-based firm looks to the emerging markets and US distressed opportunities as it raises its second real estate vehicle, WCP II.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Westport, Connecticut-based firm looks to the emerging markets and US distressed opportunities as it raises its second real estate vehicle, WCP II.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
