Gregory Roth
Pension System: The New York State Common Retirement Fund Assets Managed: $150.3 Billion (March 31, 2011) Private Equity Assets: $14.4 Billion (March 31, 2011) Private Equity Allocation: 9.6% (March 31, 2011) Target PE Allocation: 10% Chief Investment Officer: Marjorie Tsang (Interim) The New York State Common Retirement Fund, the nation’s third-largest pension, saw its assets […]
Managing Director for Private Equity Texas Teachers’ Retirement System You were just promoted to head private equity for the $110 billion system, replacing Steve LeBlanc. What, first of all, would you say is LeBlanc’s legacy at Texas Teachers? He inspired a pretty team driven culture here, and he was a huge agent of change in […]
Across the increasingly competitive fundraising landscape, private equity fund of funds firms are having a tough go of it, attracting a shrinking share of the overall private equity pie.
Firm: Vista Equity Partners Fund: Vista Equity Partners IV LP Initial Target: $2.5 Billion Amount Raised: $3.5 Billion Legal Counsel: Simpson Thacher Placement Agent: None Part of a new breed of mega sector firms, Vista Equity Partners, a San Francisco-based technology buyout firm, closed its latest fund, Vista Equity Partners Fund IV LP, having raised […]
Pension System: California Employees’ Retirement System Assets Managed: $233 Billion (May 8, 2012) Private Equity Assets: $32.6 Billion (February 29, 2012) Private Equity Allocation: 14% (February 29, 2012) Private Equity Allocation Target: 14% (February 29, 2012) Chief Investment Officer: Joe Dear The largest pension in the nation has joined the biggest trend in private equity […]
Pension System: New York City Bureau of Asset Management Pension Assets: $122 Billion (Feb. 28, 2012) Invested Private Equity Assets: $8 Billion (Feb. 28, 2012) Private Equity Allocation: 6.5% (Feb. 28, 2012) Chief Investment Officer: Lawrence M. Schloss The New York City Comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management which oversees $122 billion across the city’s five […]
Pension System: Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Assets Managed: $110 Billion Private Equity Investments: $11.1 Billion (Aug. 31, 2011) Private Equity Allocation: 10.4% (Aug. 31, 2011) Private Equity Allocation Target: 12% Chief Investment Officer: Britt Harris Filling some big boots, Richard Hall has been promoted to replace Steve LeBlanc as head of private equity for the […]
Denham Capital, which invests in the oil and gas, mining and power sectors, just closed on its sixth fund, raising $3 billion, $500 million more than its initial $2.5 billion target. What besides returns are your investors most interested in? There is still a huge and emerging demand, especially among U.S. pension funds, for established […]
The $237 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System has reaped a 2.9x gain from its 4.2 percent stake in The Carlyle Group upon the firm’s initial public offering on Thursday, according to an exclusive analysis by Buyouts based on a California Public Records Act request. The CalPERS gain from its Carlyle stake is […]
Blackstone, KKR report lower ENI Assets at the firms are growing Oaktree makes market debut The trio of founders sitting atop The Carlyle Group were likely taking a keen interest in the first quarter earnings reports from their already-public peers The Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, both of which reported declines in […]