David Toll
Analysis of a broad sample of buyout and related funds within the Buyouts returns database finds that persistence of performance has been a force for vintage years 1995 to 2008. In other words, the top performers tend to stay at the top; the bottom performers tend to stay at the bottom. That said, recent academic research shows persistence of performance waning for U.S. buyout funds after the 2000 vintage.
A lot of money has poured into emerging manager portfolios over the last decade.
Following a second closing in June, Olympus Partners is up to $2.2 billion on Olympus Growth Fund VI LP, and the firm is “pretty much done” with the fundraise, according to a source close to the effort.
More and more endowments and foundations, overwhelmed with the job of managing complex portfolios in a volatile world, are outsourcing their investment functions to third-party money managers, according to an August white paper from the Commonfund Institute. The “outsourced CIO” trend has big implications for private equity firms, as money managers gain discretion over more assets.
W Capital Partners this week said it had wrapped up its third fund earmarked for investments in the shares of venture-backed and sponsor-backed companies, also known as secondary directs. The final tally: $750 million. We caught up with Managing Director David S. Wachter on July 31 for five quick questions.
All the talk of zombie funds and the difficulty raising money has obscured a remarkable trend. Chicago buyout shop Winona Capital Management and a host of emerging managers are making substantial progress on debut, second and third funds.
Blue Wolf Capital Partners, New York, this month announced the closing of its third fund at $300 million, earmarked for control-stake investments in companies that present complex challenges, such as troubled union relations, financial problems or operational weaknesses. Buyouts caught up with managing principal Adam Blumenthal for five quick questions. How long did it take […]
Institutional investors in search of public-equity-beating returns continued to shower favored firms with dollars in the second quarter of 2013. But with allocations still tight, and vetting processes extensive, even well-established sponsors are finding it is taking longer and longer to reach a final close.
State pensions fund are not getting their money’s worth from active money managers, according to a new report that also takes private equity firms to task for not offering “proof” that the asset class consistently beats public equity returns. According to the July 2 Maryland Policy Report, the top 10 states measured by fees paid […]
Providing big equity incentives to management distinguishes successful buyouts from those that are not so successful, according to a new academic paper that tries to get to the heart of LBO performance.