Angela Sormani
It’s domestic buyouts that produced the best returns for Florida State Board Administration (SBA), according to its figures through Dec. 31, 2011.
Early supporter of private equity PE return 11.35%, vs. 4.71% for S&P A mix of buyout and venture investments As one of the first public pension funds to commit to private equity, Oregon continues singing the praises of the asset class. In an article for the state newspaper the Oregonian Oregon Investment Council state treasurer […]
Private equity index outperforms euro indexWeakness in 2011 a drag on returnsSeven native European funds in top 10
It’s a competitive private equity world out there, especially for those firms on the fundraising trail or about to embark on a mega fundraising. Have their terms and conditions changed to become more competitive? Fund targets have certainly come down and become less ambitious. Those firms who raised the mega euro buyout funds in the […]
Fund-of-funds manager Pantheon has secured a global private equity mandate from Germany’s largest pension fund. Bayerische Versorgungskammer has appointed Pantheon to manage more thanr €100 million ($136 million) in private equity fund commitments in the United States, Europe and Asia, encompassing venture, growth capital and buyout funds. BVK currently has €55 billion in assets under […]
Fund-of-funds manager Pantheon has secured a global private equity mandate from Germany’s largest pension fund. Bayerische Versorgungskammer has appointed Pantheon to manage more thanr €100 million ($136 million) in private equity fund commitments in the United States, Europe and Asia, encompassing venture, growth capital and buyout funds. BVK currently has €55 billion in assets under […]
The Brenninkmeijer family, one of the wealthiest in the Netherlands, is allocating more of its fortune to private equity. The family office, with billions in its coffers, has tapped Steven van de Wall, who started at Anthos Asset Management last month, to set up a private equity portfolio.Van de Wall was previously head of alternative […]
Dutch pension fund PGGM Investments, which manages more than €83 billion ($110 billion), is rumored to be considering setting up its own in-house private equity team, in addition to or instead of relying on global private equity fund manager AlpInvest. Neither party would confirm a change in strategy, but a spokesperson for AlpInvest stated a […]
The U.K. Pension Protection Fund (PPF) plans to enter the private equity market through secondary purchases. The £4 billion ($6.1 billion) fund, which manages the defined benefit pension schemes of collapsed businesses, has recruited seven private-equity secondary managers to a panel advising it on potential investments. Goldman Sachs, Hamilton Lane, Lexington Partners, LGT Capital, Partners […]