Wondering what’s hot with institutional investors? Keep an eye on what products advisers are creating for them. And right now at least two are in the market with energy funds of funds.
The JOBS Act gives buyout shops unprecedented ability to market their funds to investors broadly but limits the actual sale of partnership interests to investors who are accredited — the same standard that always has applied. But for fund sponsors seeking to reach the vast retail market, suggests Lennine Occhino, a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown, maybe the most direct route would be to market themselves to defined contribution retirement plans, such as target-date funds.
You were recently named chairman of the board at Real Mex Restaurants after you bought out a minority investor. Congratulations. RealMex had been in the Sun Capital portfolio before it went into Chapter 11, where you acquired it. Does it give you special concern to step into a situation where a peer has struggled? It […]
Frank (Tripp) Brower III, a founder of Dallas-based placement agency Capstone Partners, died on Sept. 29 of multiple myeloma, at the age of 53, after a 16-month battle with the form of blood cancer. From a standing start in 2001, Brower helped build Capstone Partners into a global player, raising money from offices in Dallas, […]
Revered buyout pro Tully Friedman, chairman and CEO of Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, gives his perspective on the private equity business at Thomson Reuters' Buyouts West 2013 conference. Friedman has more than 35 years of experience in finance and 25 years as a private equity investor. Prior to forming FFL, Friedman co-founded and served as one of two managing general partners of Hellman & Friedman.
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Video date: Oct. 9, 2013
Jonathan Coslet, Senior Partner and Chief Investment Officer of TPG Capital, delivers a keynote address at Thomson Reuters' PartnerConnect West 2013 in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
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He is interviewed Jeffrey Goldfarb, U.S. editor of Reuters Breakingviews.
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Video date: Oct. 9, 2013
This panel from Thomson Reuters' Alternative Investment Management Symposium West 2013 examines what family offices look for in alternative investments. The panelists are Paul Krsek, founder and CIO of 5T Wealth Management; Chris Frigon, PE director for The Family Office; Doug Huber, senior research analyst for Federal Street Advisors; and Trey Hart, vice president of private equity for Northern Trust. The panel is moderated by David Toll, Editor in Charge of Buyouts Magazine. AIMS West was held in fall 2013 in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
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Video date: October 9, 2013
John D. Skjervem, Chief Investment Officer of the Oregon State Treasury, talks about Oregon's investment strategy at Thomson Reuters' PartnerConnect West 2013 conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
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Video date: Oct. 8, 2013
Why Alternatives Now? An all-star panel answers that question at Thomson Reuters' PartnerConnect West 2013 conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
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The panelists are Alex Navab, Member & Co-Head of Americas Private Equity for KKR; Bob Grady, Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council and Managing Director of the Cheyenne Capital Fund; Vinay Nair, Managing Partner & CEO of Ada Investments; and Mark Suster, Partner with Upfront Ventures.
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Video date: Oct. 8, 2013
Former operating executive to run group Firm plans $1.5 billion energy fund New plan after Riverstone deal ended The Carlyle Group has hired a six person energy investment team, the private equity firm said on May 2, as it looks to take advantage of predicted growth in global demand. Carlyle is beefing up its energy […]