All Private Equity articles – Page 39

  • ATP to push private equity fees
    News

    ATP to push private equity fees

    2008-04-10T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CEST 10-04] EUROPE - Private equity fees have risen to unreasonable levels, according to ATP, Denmark’s giant labour market supplementary fund, but the fund sees scope for negotiating them down in the future.

  • News

    Private equity turns into SPF’s runaway train

    2008-04-03T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CEST 03-04] NETHERLANDS - Private equity was the best returning asset class of the €12bn railways pension fund SPF, as the sector delivered 27.7% last year.

  • News

    Private equity lifts Pension Fennia to €6.1bn

    2008-03-17T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 17-03] FINLAND – Private equity returns of 42.4% helped Pension Fennia increase the value of its assets by more than €400m to €6.1bn at the end of 2007.

  • News

    Private equity lifted Etera in 'fluctuating markets'

    2008-03-12T15:40:00Z

    [16:40 CET 12-03] FINLAND – A 45.8% return on private equity and unquoted equity investments helped Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company achieve an overall result of €47m in 2007, albeit this is a fall of €91m from the previous year.

  • News

    Size and diligence slow ATP's private equity shift

    2008-03-12T14:55:00Z

    [15:55 CET 12-03] DENMARK – The ATP pension fund has only invested around half of the amount in private equity it originally intended seven years ago, largely because of the unexpectedly high volume of due diligence work it has had to do.

  • News

    Private equity pushes Ilmarinen returns to 5.7%

    2008-02-22T11:30:00Z

    [12:30 CET 22-02] FINLAND – Ilmarinen achieved a net return of 5.7% on investments in 2007, driven by strong performances from private equity and hedge funds.

  • News

    German funds need incentives for private equity – minister

    2008-02-13T09:49:00Z

    [15:00 CET 13-02] GERMANY – The reluctance of large domestic investors to go into private equity and venture capital is discouraging foreign investors from investing in German start-ups, according to a study commissioned by the German federal economy ministry.

  • News

    Trustee support 'key battle' for private equity

    2008-02-06T10:00:00Z

    [11:00 CET 06-02] UK – Private equity firms need to work harder to win over pension trustees, as 72% are fearful about possible private equity acquisitions, Aon Consulting has revealed.

  • News

    Hansa sets up own private equity vehicle

    2008-02-05T10:00:00Z

    ESTONIA – Hansa Investment Funds, the asset manager that also runs Estonia’s largest private pension fund, is looking to create a special vehicle of “Eastern European-orientated” private equity fund of funds.

  • Asset Class Reports

    Packaging illiquid assets

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    Michael Wode and Stewart Bent consider the practical implications of the side arrangements fund managers employ in dealing with illiquid assets

  • News

    CalPERS pursues infrastructure and private equity

    2007-12-19T11:30:00Z

    [12:30 CET 19-12] US - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has adopted a new asset allocation mix which will see $29bn shift out of bonds and equities to finance increased investment in private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

  • News

    PNO Media sees strongest gains from private equity

    2007-11-26T15:30:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Private equity and commodities were the best returning asset classes during the third quarter, for the PNO media €2.8bn pension fund.

  • News

    Private equity ‘code’ requires more info

    2007-11-20T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CET 20-11] UK - Private equity firms in the UK and the companies they own will have to publish more information on the way they do business and the risks they face, according to a new code of conduct unveiled today.

  • Features

    Private equity gets back to basics

    November 2007 (Magazine)

    While deal sizes may have shrunk because of the credit crisis, there is little evidence of a major downturn in buyout activity, writes David White

  • News

    Hedge funds and private equity 'have positive impact'

    2007-11-02T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 02-11] NETHERLANDS - The effect of private equity investors and hedge funds on the Dutch economy and companies are modestly positive on average, researchers from Erasmus University have claimed.

  • News

    Private equity falls out of love with Darling

    2007-10-10T14:45:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    West Sussex splits private equity holding

    2007-10-05T15:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    FSP tops ISP’s return through private equity

    2007-09-05T14:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    SLI’s private equity goes LLP

    2007-08-30T15:00:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    State Street steps up private equity servicing

    2007-08-09T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CEST 09-08] GLOBAL – State Street has bought the New Jersey private equity specialist Palmeri Fund Administrators (PFA), for an undisclosed sum.