Last year was a good one for distributions for the Washington State Investment Board. In the twelve months, the pension realized a little over $4.0 billion in year-over-year distributions from its buyout portfolio.
Last year was a good one for distributions for the Washington State Investment Board. In the twelve months, the pension realized a little over $4.0 billion in year-over-year distributions from its buyout portfolio. KKR & Co. played a huge role in that success, as two of its funds led the way in both distribution percentage […]
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System, celebrated for the success of its private equity portfolio, hasn’t scored hits with every fund. The accompanying table shows the worst funds in its portfolio by IRR, excluding venture capital funds and vintage 2010 funds and younger that may still be in their J-curve days. NGEN Partners is the […]
Europe and Asia private equity and venture capital funds produced surprisingly strong returns for members of the Institutional Limited Partnership Association over the last 10 years, while North American funds have also done well.
As far as private equity funds are concerned, size does matter. The global PE horizon IRR benchmarks from data provider Pitchbook show that the $1 billion-plus large-sized funds provided the highest returns across all time periods tracked.
The majority (53 percent) of secondary buyers surveyed this spring predict deal volume in 2016 will stay on par with this year. One in five (20 percent) anticipates volume will come down next year. Only 27 percent believe the market will improve.
In a spring survey conducted by Buyouts Insider, 57 secondary buyers weighed in on where they thought secondary deal volume would go for the rest of this year. The largest group (44 percent) thought volume would stay even with 2014. More than a third (37 percent) see it going up and 5 percent anticipates the volume reaching an all time high.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System, celebrated for the success of its private equity portfolio, hasn’t scored hits with every fund. The accompanying table shows the worst funds in its portfolio by IRR, excluding venture capital funds and vintage 2010 funds and younger that may still be in their J-curve days.
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising experienced a comparatively slow two weeks. The total grew by about $3.3 billion, to $105.5 billion. Even though the deluge of fundraising loitered a bit in the past two weeks, this year’s aggregate sits a full $27 billion ahead of where it was a year ago.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System enjoyed a strong year of distributions in the year ending September 2014, realizing almost $6.1 billion from its private equity portfolio. On top of the list of funds ranked by distribution percentage–distributions divided by contributed capital–sits Institutional Venture Partners with its twelfth flagship fund (see accompanying table). Institutional Venture […]