Fundraising

Firm: PAG Fund: PAG Asia II Target: $3 bln Hard cap: $3.5 bln Amount Raised: $3.66 bln Placement Agent: Park Hill Group Legal Counsel: N/A PAG hurdled over its hard cap to raise $3.66 billion for its second flagship private equity fund, according to a Form D filed with the SEC on Dec. 29. The […]

Firm: Cinven Partners LP Fund: The Sixth Cinven Fund LP Target: $6 bln   Cinven may close its sixth flagship fund sooner than expected in the first half of 2016, as the London-based firm touts a top-quartile performance in at least one prior fund, according to sources. Cinven originally expected to wrap up Fund VI […]

Nautic heads for cap on Fund VIII Fundraising much easier than prior fund Firm has “turned it around” says LP Nautic Partners is on track to hit the $900 million hard cap on its eighth fund, which has been in market targeting $800 million, according to two limited partners with knowledge of the firm, as […]

Firm: CD Capital Fund: CD Capital Natural Resources Fund III Target: $400 mln Amount raised: $233 mln Placement agent: FirstPoint Equity CD Capital has drawn in $233 million in commitments for CD Capital Natural Resources Fund III, which is targeting $400 million, according to a filing. The London-based private equity firm founded in 2006 by mining […]

Firm: Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Fund: Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe XII Target: $3 bln Hard cap: $3.5 bln Amount Raised: $3 bln Placement Agent: Asante Capital Group Legal Counsel: N/A Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe held an interim close on its 12th flagship fund’s $3 billion target last week, two sources told Buyouts. The firm will keep Welsh, Carson, […]

Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund has the highest annualized 10-year private equity return among public pension funds, with 17.93 percent, according data collected by Bison for the Private Equity Growth Capital Council. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System led the way in overall capital invested in the PE marketplace with $31.5 billion — headlining a West Coast-heavy […]

Eyes 2 bln euros hard cap for Fund VI Firm has raised around 1.2 bln euros Held first close in October Astorg Partners is moving through fundraising on its sixth fund, having closed on about 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion), according to a person with knowledge of the fundraising. The Paris-based firm, which focuses on […]

According the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, Norway has the most valuable sovereign wealth fund in the world. Its Global Government Pension Fund was launched in 1990 and has $824.9 billion in assets under management. The fund also collected the highest possible score on the Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index, a measuring stick for transparency in operations and […]

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the fourth quarter of 2015. Download the “Buyouts Insider Q4 2015 Highlights” slide show as a PowerPoint: Buyouts Insider Q4 2015 Highlights

U.S. GPs collect $212.1 bln through December Strongest year for U.S. fundraising since 2008 LPs show increased interest in distressed A deluge of distributions over the last several years helped power fundraising in 2015 as limited partners built their allocations back up to their targets, setting the stage for another strong year in 2016. Strong […]