ABP and PGGM have ended months of speculation regarding NIB Capital by selling the Dutch merchant bank to private equity firm JC Flowers for €2.1bn.
Massachusetts’ public pension fund chalked up a 13.4 percent return for the last fiscal year, putting it among the best performing pensions in the country.
Private investment firm Oaktree Capital Management has acquired an ownership stake in two Las Vegas casinos.
Debt and distressed player GSC Partners is launching a hedge fund – and picking up two distressed pros to help. By Aaron Lovell.
The UK mid-market specialist has made four times its money on its investment in Fosbel via a secondary disposal to American Capital Strategies.
Halifax booked a four-times equity return on its investment in Soil Safe.
Taking cues from private equity funds, distressed players with experience in property assets are increasingly looking towards real estate investment trusts as a new way to raise capital. By Aaron Lovell
The involvement of George Soros in private equity is coming to an end after a career that touched the industry in many different ways. By Jonn Elledge.
MVision's Paula Chester points to ten things in private placement memoranda that will keep investors from reaching for their guns.
Superannuation funds have made a major contribution to the development of private equity in Australia. Now, they face a new challenge: to diversify their portfolios internationally. Andy Thomson reports.