It’s perhaps inevitable that we would write a story on women in private equity and receive a nasty anonymous email in response. I won’t go into the details, but suffice to say it wasn’t supportive of women. To be sure, the nasty email was only one of many responses we received on our work — […]
Percentage of women in senior roles at buyout firms drops to 7.3 pct Women in senior roles at real estate firms see increase to 11.9 pct Women in senior roles at VC firms at 11.3 pct The percentage of women holding senior roles at buyout firms dropped for the second year in a row, according to data from […]
PE investment officer Scott Brown left in January Joined CalPERS in 2013 and worked on the PE co-investment team Appears to have started business called Inefficient Market Labs Scott Brown, a private equity investment officer at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, left the pension in January, a CalPERS spokesman confirmed. It’s not clear when […]
Mark Schroeder will become head of Snowbridge Advisors John Crocker to become Snowbridge senior advisor Schroeder sued Crocker in November seeking an injunction Snowbridge Advisors’ two co-managing partners have resolved a dispute and are going their separate ways. Mark Schroeder will become head of Snowbridge Advisors while John Crocker will become a senior advisor to the firm, a […]
The following hires, promotions and appointments are for the March 7, 2016, issue of Buyouts.
Many of the largest buyout firms, like Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and the Blackstone Group, have taken steps to attract and retain women. But the overall industry still has plenty of work to do. Some studies have shown that the number of women in senior positions has grown. However, no one knows if the number of women across the […]
Change has come slowly, but the private equity industry has become more diverse. Women have steadily made their way into the upper ranks of firms, and firms are finding ways to recruit and retain talented women. This is a big change. Ten years ago, one female GP told us, this magazine would not have been able […]
1. Israel Secondary Fund is raising its second fund targeting $100 million. How is it going and what does your LP base look like? The strategy for this fundraising was basically to approach, first, the Israeli institutions. Obviously, our existing investors were joining us also for the second fund. We developed, over the last six years, […]
If you haven’t raised a fund in a while, you may want to give some thought to working with a placement agent. “A manager who’s been out of the fundraising market for a few years may not realize that the focus has shifted in terms of what people are asking questions about,” said Meredith Gendron, who was […]
EMG says it will stop entering new deals with Aubrey McClendon hours before he dies in car crash Managing Partner John Raymond sends letter to investors Fund planning to launch several companies it co-founded with McClendon’s American Energy Partners Private equity fund Energy & Minerals Group told investors on Wednesday it will stop entering new deals with Aubrey McClendon,the now […]