All Private Equity articles – Page 38
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Private equity falls out of love with Darling
[15:45 CEST 10-10] UK – The UK government has introduced a series of reforms which are designed to improve employees’ access to tax-free pensions cash and post-retirement income but which could also impact the future returns for pension funds on private equity investments.
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West Sussex splits private equity holding
[16:30 CEST 05-10] UK – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund has appointed the Swiss alternative investment house Partners Group as an additional private equity manager, IPE has learned today.
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FSP tops ISP’s return through private equity
[15:30 CEST 05-09] DENMARK - Finanssektorens Pensionskasse (FSP), the Danish pension fund for financial sector employees, has reported a 4.1% return on investments in the first half of this year, boosted by a near 50% profit on private equity.
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SLI’s private equity goes LLP
[16:00 CEST 30-08] UK- Standard Life Investments has followed suit with the rest of the fund industry and altered the legal status of its private equity operation in a bid to retain key members of the investment team.
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State Street steps up private equity servicing
[14:00 CEST 09-08] GLOBAL – State Street has bought the New Jersey private equity specialist Palmeri Fund Administrators (PFA), for an undisclosed sum.
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TSC cautions over private equity in market downturn
[16:30 CEST 30-07] UK – The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) is calling on the Bank of England to look at the impact of economic downturns on the increasing number of leveraged buyouts.
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Private equity firms caution on transparency calls
[15:00 CEST 18-07] EUROPE – Private equity associations have cautiously welcomed new proposals to increase transparency of their industry, noting any future requirements must not undermine their competitive position.
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Private equity markets to fall, warns Munsters
[17:20 CEST 18-06] NETHERLANDS – Roderick Munsters, chief investment officer at the giant Dutch pension fund ABP, says there are opportunities to be had in declining private equity markets.
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Pension fund interest in private equity rises 26%
[16:51 CEST 12-06] EUROPE – Private equity firms in Europe raised a record sum of €112bn in 2006, an increase of 56.4% from the year before, and pension funds contributed more than ever to this growth.
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FRR chooses three more for private equity
[17:03 CEST 06/06] FRANCE – The €32bn Fonds de réserves pour les retraites (FRR) has awarded mandates to Pantheon Ventures, Access Capital Partners and Lehman Brothers International Europe.
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GMB blames private equity for insolvencies
[16:55 CEST 04/06] UK – A total of £2bn (€3bn) in pension deficits is to be found in companies linked to private equity owners, the GMB union has alleged.
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‘Disappointing’ plans threaten private equity law
[17:02 CEST 29/05] GERMANY – The German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) has called a paper outlining the German ministry of Finance’s (BMF) stance on Germany’s new private equity law “a total disappointment”.
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Private equity becomes riskier, says OECD
[11:00 CEST 22/05] GLOBAL – Investing in private equity bears more risk as more money enters the market, the OECD has stated in its latest Financial Market Trends.
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Danish funds in private equity move
[17:00 CEST 11/05] DENMARK - Three Danish pension funds are among the first investors in a new private venture fund targeting the IT and biotech sectors.
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Gwynedd and Haringey go into private equity
[12:52 CEST] UK – Two more UK local authority pension funds have committed to investing in private equity, as both the London Borough of Haringey and the Gwynedd Council pension fund have awarded private equity mandates.
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Private equity giants home in on Asia Pacific
Alex Frew McMillan assesses the growing popularity of private equity in the Asia Pacific region
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ABN Amro frees up private equity arm
NETHERLANDS - ABN Amro, the Dutch bank subject to a bidding war from rivals, will transfer the management of most of its private equity business to an affiliate.
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NPRF taps JP Morgan for private equity admin
IRELAND – The €18.8bn National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) in Ireland has chosen JP Morgan to provide it with accounting and administrative services for its property and private equity investments.
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Turning private equity into a public enemy
As private equity deals get bigger, opposition to activities of buy-out firms has grown. Pension funds’ duty is to achieve the best returns through a diversified investment strategy, which may include private equity. But the jobs of pension members can be harmed by the activities of private equity firms
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US pension funds on private equity roll
What might US pension funds reply to Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) about the dangers of private equity? Ahead of June’s G8 summit, the TUC’s general secretary, Brendan Barber, is going to ask pension funds from other countries to rethink their investment policy and stop fuelling buyout fever. Barber said ...
