The French private equity firm has sold a tail-end interest in a Norwegian buyout fund on the back of a portfolio sale to Finland’s eQ.
2 min read · 29 September 2017
Michele Russo, a Doughty Hanson and Lazard veteran who joined the buyout firm as a managing director, has left after over one year in the role, Secondaries Investor has learned.
2 min read · 28 September 2017
The vehicle is closing on up to €6.7bn target on the back of a stapled deal with Lexington Partners over the summer.
2 min read · 27 September 2017
The pension’s secondaries portfolio has been outperformed by buyouts, distressed and growth equity over the past year but continues to beat its public market benchmark.
2 min read · 26 September 2017
The pension plan of the world’s largest delivery business has not seen any tempting market opportunities for some time.
2 min read · 26 September 2017
The plight of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, which has sold on the secondaries market as part of attempts to whittle down its alternatives portfolio, raises questions over governance and the risk for asset managers and advisors.
7 min read · 26 September 2017
The London-based investment firm, which is raising its third secondaries infrastructure fund, added Richard Sem as a partner and two other professionals.
1 min read · 25 September 2017
The $36bn fund reported strong private equity returns after implementing an “aggressive” restructuring plan in December 2016.
2 min read · 21 September 2017
The potential deal involves the Scandinavian private equity firm’s 2008-vintage fund, which has around €2bn in NAV, Secondaries Investor has learned.
2 min read · 20 September 2017
Meketa will take over from StepStone Group, having already assumed the role of private equity consultant for the pension in March.
2 min read · 19 September 2017
