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 French insurance giant’s private equity arm has more than tripled its previous buyout fund and increased its geographic scope to include Italy.
As Western buyout markets continue to encounter challenges, the CEE region is attracting renewed LP interest. But the complexities of investing in the East should not be overlooked. Andy Thomson reports.
The growth of the asset class in the last five years in Central and Eastern Europe has been on the back of strong returns. Investors have their fingers crossed this will continue, reports. Toby Lewis
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Private equity provided an 18.6 percent return for the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System last year, allowing the Canadian pension to beat its overall benchmark. Amanda Janis recently met with Paul Renaud, head of OMERS Capital Partners, to discuss the methodology his in-house investment team employs and his thoughts on industry trends.
AIG's Latin America private equity group has deployed more than 16 percent of its recently closed $692m fund.
Travant Capital Partners has reached its first close within 10 months, raising hopes for the development of a domestic African private equity industry
3i, the London-listed private equity giant, is trading at a discount to net asset value but has grand plans to nearly double its assets under management by the end of 2010.