All Private Equity articles – Page 45
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Research shows European allocation to private equity ‘too low’
UK - Research showing that asset allocation to private equity of nearly 20% for a pension portfolio that 50% invested in equities is an ‘efficient’ figure has been issued by Standard Life Investments (SLI).
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Private equity fundraising halves - report
EUROPE – Global private equity fundraising was significantly down in the first quarter of this year compared to last year, according to private equity information provider AltAssets.
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CalPERS to improve private equity disclosure
US – The largest US pension fund, CalPERS, has announced that it will be improving the disclosure of its private equity investments to provide a higher level of transparency.
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KPMG sees higher appetite for private equity
UK – Institutional investors’ appetite for private equity as an asset class is increasing, according to a survey by KPMG’s private equity group, and the fund of funds sector could be first in line to take advantage.
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Martin Currie hires private equity head
UK – Martin Currie has recruited Paul Murray of Deutsche Capital Partners to head up its private equity team.
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e10bn Dutch scheme to treble private equity assets
NETHERLANDS – The 10 billion euro Dutch railway pension fund, Spoorwegpensioenfonds (SPF), is upping its allocation to private equity from 180 million euros to 500 million euros.
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European private equity down 30% to e27bn
EUROPE – European private equity firms saw the value of funds raised decline by almost 30% in 2002, with the combined total of 27.4 billion euros raised by 57 funds far short of 2001’s 38.2 billion euros, according to private equity research firm AltAssets.
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UK private equity: Epic in e76.8m float
UK – The 76.8 million euro flotation of Epic Brand Investments on the Alternative Investment Market shows there’s still life in the UK private equity market.
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AP7's private equity choice
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. AP7 ...
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UK's Close Bros expands private equity team
UK – Close Brothers Private Equity, private equity arm of the UK merchant bank Close Brothers Group, has hired two new investment managers as the private equity business has taken off, expanding the team’s headcount to 13.
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Calpers private equity performance faces scrutiny
US - Calpers, the US’s largest public pension fund, may have to reveal the performance data and stocks of its 20 billion dollars of private equity investments, after making the information secret last year.
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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 ...
