Toby Mitchenall & Jonathan Brasse
The giant, $237 billion California Public Employees Retirement System says it is seeking a “new investment vehicle,” likely to be a customized fund of funds, to invest in emerging private equity managers, complementing the $2 billion that the pension has already invested in its emerging manager initiatives. CalPERS declined to disclose the size of the […]
The giant, $237 billion California Public Employees Retirement System says it is seeking a “new investment vehicle,” likely to be a customized fund of funds, to invest in emerging private equity managers, complementing the $2 billion that the pension has already invested in its emerging manager initiatives. CalPERS declined to disclose the size of the […]
Wilshire Private Markets Group Year entered alternatives: 1984 Investment strategy: Direct, secondary and co-invest relationships in buyouts, distress and venture capital in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific Key officers: Kevin Nee, president of Wilshire Private Markets Group; Karl Beinkampen, chief investment officer; Gary Gabriel, managing director responsible for the Asia-Pacific region Assets under management: $6.2 […]
Cuyahoga Capital Partners LLC is in the preliminary stages of planning a fundraising for a new fund-of-funds vehicle focused on mid-market and lower mid-market buyout funds, a source with knowledge of the firm’s plans told Buyouts. The fund will also seek to back emerging managers. The Cleveland-based firm has not yet set a target for […]
Cuyahoga Capital Partners LLC is in the preliminary stages of planning a fundraising for a new fund-of-funds vehicle focused on mid-market and lower mid-market buyout funds, a source with knowledge of the firm’s plans told Buyouts. The fund also will seek to back emerging managers. The Cleveland-based firm has not yet set a target for […]
Appetite for private equity funds will remain muted this year, although investors should be reasonably hungry for partnerships earmarked for mid-market buyout, growth equity and Asian private equity funds, according to a late 2010 survey of funds-of-funds managers and other investors. The killjoy continues to be overhang—the piles of money pledged to buyout funds during […]
The New Mexico State Investment Council’s private equity investment advisory committee voted recently to approve a private equity allocation target for 2011 of at most $275 million at most, to be divided among six managers. However, the limited partner is still hesitant about the asset class and is in no hurry to make pledges, said […]
Carmen GigliottiRole: Managing Director, Private Markets GroupInstitution: DuPont Capital ManagementAssets Under Management: $20 billion; $4 billion in private markets groupOffice: Wilmington, DelawareStaff: 58 investment professionals; 8 in private markets group
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