This week Buyouts brings you the one-click shop for your pension fund return data. Scroll down to find out where you can get the most up-to-date performance data for the most prominent US pension funds investing in private equity.
Domestic buyout funds with vintages ranging from 1984 to 2005 account for four of the top ten performers in the private equity portfolio of the $49.2 billion Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, according to its most recent IRR report as of December 31. The top ten also features three more buyouts funds focused on global, European and energy-related deals.
Euro-denominated buyout funds, which play a prominent role in CPP Investment Board’s portfolio, have provided some solid returns over the years. But there is one player that shines above the rest, according to the Buyouts performance database.
It’s energy investments that are boosting The Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho’s private equity portfolio, according to its Private Equity Performance Summary by Investment for the period to March, 31 2012.
Institutional investors often say they have trouble gaining access to top-quartile private equity firms. It suggests there exists a pantheon of repeat performers while the rest are condemned, fund after fund, to the lower ranks. But analysis of this year’s Buyouts fund returns database pokes holes in that notion. Altogether the database includes 171 top-quartile […]
European buyout veteran CVC Capital Partners’ 2001 vintage fund investments have proven the best bets of NYC Police Pension Fund for the period ending Dec. 31, 2011.
Turnaround and recovery funds of 2001 and 2002 vintage are the money spinners for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, as of its private equity performance report to Dec. 31. European-headquartered firms such as Permira Advisers, Clessidra Capital Partners, Advent International and CVC Capital Partners also make up almost half of the top 10 performers […]
It’s domestic buyouts that produced the best returns for Florida State Board Administration (SBA), according to its figures through Dec. 31, 2011.
The number of companies Standard & Poor’s has tagged as most at risk of a debt default rose from the ratings agency’s count three months ago, but there is good news for private equity. The tally for those with U.S.-based financial sponsors dwindled as several portfolio companies were removed as a result of an improvement in either outlook or CreditWatch status.
European powerhouse CVC Capital Partners takes the crown in this week’s battle of the U.S. and European mega-buyout houses, securing first place in our list of top 10 funds based on private equity performance figures from California State Teachers’ Retirement System. U.S. and European firms both account for five of the top-10 spots, and with […]