Private equity

Dominik Woessner’s departure comes as the investment bank shuts its Singapore office and centralises operations in Hong Kong.

The nominations deadline for sister title pfm’s search for tomorrow’s superstar private equity lawyers is 31 May.

The private funds manager is ‘not waiting to see where the wind blows’, according to CCO Frederick Shaw.

Not having negotiated subscription lines themselves, investors may be unaware of terms that could block sales of their interests, writes Andy Thomson, editor of sister publication Private Debt Investor.

The investment arm of the insurance giant has offered investors in the private equity firm’s two latest funds the option to cash out.

The regulation will be partially effective from June, but could still face a ‘full-scale rewrite.’

Private equity performance for Canada’s largest pension, which had C$59bn in the asset class at 31 March, was boosted by higher returns in the domestic and foreign developed market segments.

The $11bn pension has increased its exposure to the private equity giant’s 2015-vintage BEP II.

The placement agent and advisory firm has opened an office in Florida and plans to launch in four other locations.

The investment from the Swiss pension includes a commitment to the firm’s timberland fund which focuses on secondaries.