All Private Equity articles – Page 39

  • 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.

  • News

    TSC cautions over private equity in market downturn

    2007-07-30T15:30:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Private equity firms caution on transparency calls

    2007-07-18T14:00:00Z

    [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.

  • News

    Private equity markets to fall, warns Munsters

    2007-06-18T16:20:54Z

    [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.

  • News

    Pension fund interest in private equity rises 26%

    2007-06-12T15:51:24Z

    [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.

  • News

    FRR chooses three more for private equity

    2007-06-06T16:03:04Z

    [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.

  • News

    GMB blames private equity for insolvencies

    2007-06-04T15:55:58Z

    [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.

  • News

    ‘Disappointing’ plans threaten private equity law

    2007-05-29T16:02:46Z

    [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”.

  • News

    Private equity becomes riskier, says OECD

    2007-05-22T10:01:18Z

    [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.

  • News

    Danish funds in private equity move

    2007-05-11T16:01:31Z

    [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.

  • News

    Gwynedd and Haringey go into private equity

    2007-05-11T11:52:56Z

    [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.