A growing number of U.S. pension plans are investing in hedge funds and private equity funds, reports the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). According to a GAO survey of large plans, the share of plans with investments in hedge funds grew from 11% in 2001 to 60% in 2010. Investments in private equity also grew […]
Private equity and the resolution of financial distress
Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group has formed a new private equity real estate venture. Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd. will offer institutional and high net worth investors with direct access to Canadian commercial real estate assets. Investors have the choice of pooled or segregated accounts. “For several years now, industry consultants have highlighted the […]
Coverage of the 2010 Investment Innovation Conference.
Always a source of capital - now a place for deals.
Canadians have been too polite about how disastrous the past two years have been in private equity, says AIMCo's Rieckelman.
Contrary to suggestions by naysayers, the global private equity industry weathered the great recession rather stoically, and is now poised to see a marked increase in activity going forward, says David M. Rubenstein, cofounder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. As the keynote speaker at the […]
Primack argues Yale upped its exposure to private equity to manage the risk of capital calls.
Stuart Waugh discusses private equity at Alternative Investment Conference
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