All Private Equity articles – Page 37
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Horeca to expand private equity
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering industry fund, is looking at expanding its private equity coverage.
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Dutch schemes ‘eye private equity amid FTK’
NETHERLANDS – The FTK, the Netherlands’ new financial assessment framework, could lead Dutch institutions to raise their private equity allocations, according to new academic research.
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Irish reserve fund commits €3bn to private equity
IRELAND – The €13.5bn Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund says it plans to commit around €3bn to private equity in the next five years or so.
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France's FRR names private equity consultant
FRANCE - The €19.6bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund has named a consultant to help it choose private equity managers.
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Private equity on the cusp
Germany’s private equity (PE) market is showing dynamic growth again. The segment has digested the ups and downs of the ‘new economy’ exaggerations in both directions. The volume of capital invested is settling back onto its long-term growth path. A total of almost E3.8bn was invested in private equity in ...
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Pension outsourcing group sold to private equity
UK - The pension and benefits outsourcing business of Hogg Robinson has been sold to private equity firm Duke Street Capital for an undisclosed sum.
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FRR seeks SRI, private equity consultants
FRANCE – The French reserve fund, the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, is looking to select consultants to help it select asset managers for socially responsible investment and private equity mandates.
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Denmark’s PKA awards €76.1m private equity brief
DENMARK - The DKK93bn (€12.5bn) Pensionskassernes Administration has awarded Goldman Sachs Asset Management a $100m private equity brief and said it is only half way to its target allocation to the asset class.
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Watson Wyatt private equity partner leaves
UK – Stephan Breban, a Watson Wyatt senior consultant and partner in charge of the private equity management research team, is to leave the firm at the end of March to set up his own business called City Capital Partners.
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European private equity: is there too much money being raised?
2005 will see significant capital raised in private equity with forecasts of some $230b to be raised globally and within this, Europe’s share is forecast to be $60b. The significant increase in Funds raised naturally leads investors to question whether this is a bubble with subsequent returns for private equity ...
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Denmark’s ATP in Falck private equity deal
DENMARK - ATP Private Equity Partners, a subsidiary of the E27bn statutory pension provision fund ATP, is a partner in the purchase of Danish emergency services group Falck.
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Triago launches second-hand private equity arm
FRANCE - Triago, a Paris-based private equity adviser, has formed a separate arm to help institutions sell their assets in this sector.
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ATP's private equity arm sees strong deal flow
DENMARK - ATP Private Equity Partners, a subsidiary of the 27 billion-euro statutory pension provision fund ATP, has made three senior appointments to expand its "bandwidth" in response to a strong deal flow.
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Ontario scheme eyes European private equity
EUROPE – The Ontario-based public pension scheme OMERS says it is in talks about a European private equity investment worth around 160 million euros.
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Guarded welcome for private equity
Private equity is rapidly increasing in popularity among European pension funds. According to the European Institutional Asset Management (EIAM) Survey 2004, continental European institutions doubled the proportion of private equity in their portfolios to 1.3% in 2004 from 0.6% last year. The survey covered portfolios (41% of which were pension ...
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AP1 seeks strategic partners for private equity
SWEDEN - Första AP-fonden, the First Swedish National Pension Fund, is seeking “strategic partners” for around 400 million dollars (326.5 million euros) in private equity.
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Pension funds back LGT private equity fund
SWITZERLAND – The London Pension Fund Authority, Sweden’s AP3 and AP7, the London Borough of Hillingdon are among pension funds investing in the Crown Private Equity European Buyout Opportunities fund, which has announced its closing at 392 million euros.
