Firm: Roark Capital Group Fund: Roark Capital Partners III LP Fund Target: $1.25 billion Amount Raised: $462 million Placement Agent: Lazard Freres & Co. Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based buyout firm that specializes in franchise businesses such as restaurants, has raised $462 million for its latest mid-market vehicle, Roark Capital Partners III LP, according to […]
Pension: Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association Assets Managed: $39 billion (Dec. 31, 2010) Private Equity & Venture Allocation: 8.8 percent (Dec. 31, 2010) Private Equity & Venture Assets: $3.4 billion (Dec. 31, 2010) Target Private Equity & Venture Allocation: 7% Chief Investment Officer: Jennifer Paquette Meredith Williams, the executive director of Colorado’s $39 billion pension […]
Pension: Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association Assets Managed: $39 billion (Dec. 31, 2010) Private Equity & Venture Allocation: 8.8 percent (Dec. 31, 2010) Private Equity & Venture Assets: $3.4 billion (Dec. 31, 2010) Target Private Equity & Venture Allocation: 7% Chief Investment Officer: Jennifer Paquette Meredith Williams, the executive director of Colorado’s $39 billion pension […]
Pension System: Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funds 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 Steve LeBlanc, the innovative head of private investments at the $110 billion Texas Teachers’ Retirement System, the nation’s sixth largest […]
Pension Manager: New Jersey Division of Investment Assets Managed: $70 Billion (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Assets: $5 Billion (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Allocation: 7% (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Target Allocation: 5.5% Chief Investment Officer: Timothy Walsh As it continues to rack up commitments from the nation’s largest pension funds, Warburg Pincus nabbed […]
The New York State Common Retirement Fund made a series of four private equity commitments, together amounting to more than $400 million.
In February, Thoma Bravo closed its tenth fund with $1.25 billion in commitments after being in the market just five months. Fundraising is tough right now. How did you close so quickly? One of the things that contributed to our success is that we try to work closely with our advisory committee, which is made […]
For most cash-drained sponsors in a hurry to reach their targets in the first quarter, the fundraising highway has been frustratingly slow. Not much additional fresh capital has been available to widen the road, so bumper-to-bumper traffic is expected for a while.
Pension Manager: New Jersey Division of Investment Assets Managed: $70 Billion (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Assets: $5 Billion (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Allocation: 7% (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Target Allocation: 5.5% Chief Investment Officer: Timothy Walsh Christine Pastore, who helped lead the $70 billion New Jersey pension system’s intrepid expansion into alternative […]
Pension Manager: New Jersey Division of Investment Assets Managed: $70 Billion (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Assets: $5 Billion (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Allocation: 7% (Jan. 31, 2012) Private Equity Target Allocation: 5.5% Chief Investment Officer: Timothy Walsh Christine Pastore, who helped lead the $70 billion New Jersey pension system’s intrepid expansion into alternative […]