All Private Equity articles – Page 42
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Swedes and Dutch scrutinise private equity funds’ role
EUROPE – A week before general elections, the Swedish government has raised concerns about private equity fund Cevian’s investment approach in Volvo.
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Big UK schemes warm to private equity
UK – Representatives of some of the largest UK pension funds have come out in favour of private equity as an asset class – though they say a “new professionalism” is needed.
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Swedish regulator voices concern on private equity
SWEDEN - Sweden’s financial supervisory authority, Finasinspektionen (FI), has said it is worried about the rising levels of debt in private equity and venture capital companies and has called for greater transparency in their activities.
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Lane Clark parent gets private equity approach
UK – Alexander Forbes, the South African-based parent company of UK actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock, is in talks with private equity investors about a sale of the entire group.
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BIG forms private equity joint venture
IRELAND – Financial services outfit Bank of Ireland Group (BIG) has formed a joint venture with US private equity specialist Paul Capital Partners to provide private equity fund of funds products and advisory services to institutional and other investors worldwide.
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AP1 appoints three private equity managers
SWEDEN – The roughly SEK187.3bn (€20.2bn) buffer fund Första AP-Fonden, or AP1, has appointed three private equity managers as part of its diversification strategy into alternative investments.
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Germany mulls private equity tax - Handelsblatt
GERMANY – The German government is considering taxing the earnings of locally domiciled private equity funds, according to business daily Handelsblatt.
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Harrow tenders private equity, currency overlay
UK – The £400m (€587m) Harrow Pension Fund has tendered around £20m in private equity and £150m in currency overlay.
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NPRF commits €225 to real estate, private equity
IRELAND – The National Pensions Reserve Fund says it committed a €225m to real estate and private equity in the first quarter of 2006.
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Dutch funds buy into UK private equity firm
UK - The two largest Dutch pension funds, ABP and PGGM, have put an undisclosed sum into private equity firm West Private Equity via their AlpInvest vehicle.
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Germany’s BVV eyes real estate, private equity
GERMANY – BVV, a €17.7bn pension fund serving Germany’s financial services industry, plans to raise its exposure to real estate to at most 8% over the long-term and is mulling an initial investment in private equity.
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IPe-symposium: Industriens eyes EM private equity
DENMARK – Industriens Pension, €5bn Danish scheme, says it might look at entering the emerging market private equity arena.
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Oxfordshire tenders £20m private equity
UK – The roughly £499m (€730m) Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund is tendering a £20m investment management mandate to manage specialist private equity fund of funds.
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Mercer warns on private equity returns
GLOBAL – Private equity investors should prepare for possible lower returns due to a lack of top-tier private equity fund managers and increasing institutional inflows, says Mercer Investment Consulting.
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UK high streets a magnet for private equity
UK - Private equity investment in the UK’s high street continues to be robust, despite concerns that consumer spending is about to fall.
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Bexley set for private equity, hedge fund tender
UK – The £360m (€525.5m) Bexley Council Pension Fund will launch a tendering process in the next week for its first private equity and hedge fund mandates amounting to 5% of the scheme’s assets.
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FRR tenders €1.5bn private equity in four lots
FRANCE – The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, has issued a tender for its first ever private equity programme - €1.5bn in four lots, or just under 6% of its total portfolio.
