The $34bn Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System commits to six private equity debt and technology funds, as it reveals investments are down 4 percent in the first quarter of 2008.
Investment bank Barclays Capital has provided a ‘substantial’ anchor commitment for the credit-oriented vehicle which will focus on the North American primary issue market.
The Service Employees International Union is organising simultaneous protests in 100 cities across 25 countries as part of its ongoing campaign against the private equity industry.
The French insurance giant’s private equity arm has more than tripled its previous buyout fund and increased its geographic scope to include Italy.
The Texas private equity firm has purchased ‘certain operating assets’ from the US investment bank, which was sold last week to JPMorgan.
The BVCA, EVCA and CBI are together lobbying Brussels as an EU committee mulls mandatory regulation of alternative investment funds as proposed by former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
The Texas private equity firm has purchased ‘certain operating assets’ from the US investment bank, which was sold last week to JPMorgan.
The BVCA, EVCA and CBI are together lobbying Brussels as an EU committee mulls mandatory regulation of alternative investment funds as proposed by former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
The publicity-shy buyout group says it has not made any changes to its GMAC and Chrysler holdings beyond original co-investments.
The Texas private equity firm has purchased ‘certain operating assets’ from the US investment bank, which was sold last week to JPMorgan.