All Private Equity articles – Page 46
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Private equity investment drops off this year
EUROPE – Private equity investment across Europe decreased during the first six months of this year compared to last year, according to the EVCA Mid-Year Survey of Pan-European Private Equity and Venture Capital Activity, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers....
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AXA Private Equity opens Frankfurt office
GERMANY/FRANCE - AXA Private Equity has opened a new German office in Frankfurt and announced the completion of its fund range with the addition of primary funds of funds to the firm’s offering....
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New private equity and joint venture at Kleinwort
UK - A new private equity fund is being launched by Kleinwort Capital, a joint venture set up by investment trust Kleinwort Development Fund and Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, the private equity arm of Dresdner Bank.
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Private equity awards
The £5bn (E8.1bn) Bradford-based West Yorkshire Pension Fund, the scheme for local government workers in the region, has appointed a raft of private equity managers as part of a move to increase venture assets to around four per cent of the fund’s portfolio in the next few years. The briefs, ...
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UK £5bn fund appoints five private equity managers
UK – The £5bn (€8.1bn) Bradford-based West Yorkshire Pension Fund, the scheme for local government workers in the region, has appointed a raft of private equity managers as part of a move to increase venture assets to around four per cent of the fund’s portfolio in the next few years....
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EVCA lobbies EU on private equity 'disparities'
EUROPE – Considerable disparities exist between EU member states over regulations and incentives surrounding venture capital and private equity, despite the single market, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) today told European Union (EU) representatives....
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Denmark's ATP in $3bn private equity project
DENMARK - ATP, Denmark’s funded supplementary first pillar pension plan is targeting private equity (PE) investment of up to $3bn (e3.3bn), which would make it one of Europe’s largest pension investors in the asset class....
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Dutch fund head to chair Swiss private equity firm
NETHERLANDS/SWITZERLAND – Marinus Keijzer, chief investment officer of the Zeist based Emeritaatsfonds GKN pension fund and for 10 years a well known figure at Dutch superfund PGGM, is one of five new proposed board members of Swiss private equity firm 5e Holding....
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Hutton resigns from Morgan Grenfell Private Equity
UK – Deutsche Bank has brought in Sir Robert Smith as chief executive officer (CEO) at the group’s venture arm Morgan Grenfell Private Equity (MGPE) to replace former CEO Graham Hutton, who is leaving the firm following a disagreement over plans to sell the business to its management....
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UK £1.7bn fund seeks private equity managers
UK – Leicestershire County Council is seeking one or more private equity managers for some £50-75m (e80-e120m), or 3-5% of its £1.7bn total pension fund assets, according to Colin Pratt, investment manager at the council....
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Mercury Private Equity becomes HgCapital
UK – Mercury Private Equity, the London based venture capital outfit, which was spun off from Mercury Asset Management last year, has renamed itself HgCapital....
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NIB launches e500m private equity fund of funds
NETHERLANDS - NIB Capital Private Equity, the Amsterdam based jointly owned venture arm of Dutch superfunds ABP and PGGM, is to launch an e500m private equity fund of funds arrangement in the coming months aimed primarily at pension funds in the Benelux region.....
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Hermes takes stake in private equity firm
UK – Hermes Pensions Management, the £50bn (e80bn) independent manager of the UK’s BT and Post Office pension schemes, is to buy up to a 21% stake in Botts & Company, a private equity fund management and investment company, to facilitate increased deals in direct private equity....
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UK pension fund pursues private equity strategy
UK – The London Borough of Newham is looking to appoint a private equity manager to invest between £5-15m (e8-24m) in a private equity fund of funds mandate....
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Private equity weathers market squall
UK – Private equity investment appears to be weathering the stormy markets with the management buy-out sector recording its third highest quarterly level, according to figures from KPMG Corporate Finance....
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Italy gets first private equity fund of funds
ITALY – Mediolanum State Street SGRpA, the Italian institutional investment management joint venture, has launched the first Italian private equity fund of funds...
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German private equity market's e600bn boost
GERMANY - The German private equity market will receive an injection of some e600bn from next January on the back of tax reforms that will abolish capital gains tax (CGT), according to a new report by Commerzbank Securities...
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Private equity holds up strongly in 2000
EUROPE – European private equity continued its strong performance streak of recent years into 2000 with overall results for all fund stages showing a 14.9% pooled IRR (internal rate of return) since inception....
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NAPF and BVCA seek to demystify private equity
UK - The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) have worked together to produce a ‘how to’ booklet on private equity for pension funds considering investment in the asset class...
