All Private Equity articles – Page 45
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European funds' use of private equity grows
EUROPE - Pension funds worldwide are finding “the appeal of private equity hard to ignore”, according to research-based consultancy firm, Greenwich Associates. Investments in the asset class have increased considerably over the last 12 months, and the trend is expected to continue.
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US private equity firm Advent opens in Spain
SPAIN- US private equity firm, Advent International, is opening an advisory office in Madrid. Jaime Carvajal Urquijo, Juan Díaz-Laviada and Luis Camilleri will be heading up the operation.
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AP7 completes search for Private equity managers
SWEDEN- Sweden’s seventh national pension fund, AP7, has allocated $84m (e86m) to two US-based private equity fund of fund managers, Hamilton Lane Advisors and HarbourVest Partners. Hamilton Lane will be managing a US private equity fund of fund portfolio balanced between buyout, venture and special situation funds including secondary interests. ...
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Suffolk tenders e47m private equity mandate
UK- Suffolk county council has put out to tender a £30m (e47m) private equity fund of funds mandate, joining a growing list of UK local authorities to re-allocate assets to the alternative class.
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Baring raises e260m for Asia private equity fund
HONG KONG – Specialist asset manager Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP) announced today its Asian division completed the final closing of the Baring Asia Private Equity Fund II LP at $257m (e260m)
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AP6 and Skandia launch private equity company
SWEDEN- AP6, the Swedish national fund specialising in private equity, is launching a new company investing seed capital in high tech companies in the Nordic region.
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European private equity: a full potential market
In increasingly testing financial markets, investors are looking for new sources of diversification and return. Private equity should be an integral part of their investment choices. All the reasons for growth… The private equity market in Europe is currently the beneficiary of two sets of factors that are positive ...
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UK railway fund to increase private equity holding
UK- Railpen, the UK railway £13bn (e20.3bn) pension scheme, is to increase its allocation to private equity from 2% to 5%, taking the level of investment from around £400m (e626m) to £750m (e1.17bn).
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AP3 commits further e135m to private equity
SWEDEN- Sweden’s third national pension fund AP3 has committed a further e135m to private equity taking its total investment in the asset class to e210m. The latest commitment by the fund is almost split half and half between US and European private equity houses.
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Canada Pension Plan puts e370m in private equity
CANADA- The investment board of the CS$14.3bn (€9.3bn) national Canadian pension fund has announced it is allocating a e370m to three new private equity funds.
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UK private equity continues to outperform equities
UK- Private equity investments in the UK have outperformed UK pension fund assets over the past three five and ten years according to figures published by the British Venture Capital Association.
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Private equity 'to double'
Private equity investment will continue to grow over the next 10 years and pension funds in the US and Europe are expected to double their allocation to the asset class according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The report, produced in conjunction with the private equity company ...
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Pension funds 'to double' private equity holdings
GLOBAL- Private equity investment will continue to grow over the next ten years and pension funds in the US and Europe are expected to double their allocation to the asset class according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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East Sussex allocates 3% to private equity
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.9bn) East Sussex County Pension Fund is allocating 3% of its assets to private equity, tendering the mandates currently managed by Gartmore, including a passive portfolio, and replacing them with a single global active mandate. The move follows its three-yearly actuarial valuation undertaken by Hymans Robertson. ...
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Europe continues its private equity investment
EUROPE – Institutional investors across Europe are continuing to invest in private equity, despite the severe downturns in its market in the last couple of years, according to the latest survey from private equity research specialists, AltAssets.
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UK funds double private equity investment in 2001
UK – The amount invested by UK pension funds in private equity almost doubled last year from £817m (€1,309m) to £1,594m (€2,554m), says the latest British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PCW) private equity survey.
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Private equity comes of age
Is private equity beginning to grow up and graduate from being a fringe asset class to being accepted as a fully fledged member of the investment community? The fact that it is now going through some performance problems is almost reassuring in itself. There was, for some years, a concern ...
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UK pension funds view private equity as 'trouble'
UK- The flight of UK pension funds from equities into bonds has dashed hopes that schemes would increase their investment in private equity, according to a senior pension fund consultant.
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EVCA publishes new private equity booklet
Belgium – the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has published a booklet, entitled ‘Why and How to Invest in Private Equity’ aimed at both new investors and those wishing to increase an exiting exposure.
