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Greg Baty, a principal at Hamilton Lane, a private equity adviser and fund of funds manager, discusses the firm’s global expansion, the way it reviews PPMs and its strategies for investing in private equity.

Irwin C. Loud, the chief investment officer at the emerging-manager fund of funds Muller & Monroe, discusses his firm’s philosophy and strategy in this exclusive Buyouts video.

Chris Walker, a principal at Boston-based Harbourvest Partners LLC, discusses the approach that the fund of funds manager takes in its global private equity strategy.

For the last few years now there’s been a lot of talk about how much committed capital buyout firms have at their disposal. The Private Equity Growth Capital Council, for example, puts the number for this so-called global dry powder at $372 billion, excluding leverage. But what does this mean for individual limited partners? To […]

A panel discussion of trends and issues in limited partnership agreements.

A round-up of notable commentary recently posted on sister site peHUB.com. All opinions expressed are those of the authors. The EU limbo is on. Half of the continent has slipped into a recession, and despite European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi’s pledge to buy unlimited bond purchases to stave off economic disaster, the markets seem to […]

Goldman Sachs’ 2007 fund is almost fully deployed, but the investment bank is waiting on regulation before it makes its next move. Richard Friedman, global head of merchant banking, sister Web site peHUB reported.

Firm: Carlyle Group Fund: Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Fund-Q LP Amount Raised: $200 million Placement Agent: None The Carlyle Group has been racking up new capital for a number of energy mezzanine investments, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings reviewed by sister Web site peHub. The shop recently submitted a filing regarding its Carlyle […]

Alternatives now 43% of portfolios Positive returns in 2011’s tough market Venture generates highest returns Foundations last year continued a long-term trend of increasing their investments in alternative strategies, with a particularly significant rise in private equity holdings, sister publication Venture Capital Journal reported. Overall, alternative asset allocations rose to 43 percent of the average […]

Firm: Silver Lake Partners Fund: Silver Lake IV Target: $7.5 billion Silver Lake Partners is raising its fourth flagship fund, coming off some mega-exits for technology and consumer Internet companies in its portfolio, sister Web site peHub reported. According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the buyout shop is going to raise […]