The New York venture capital firm has closed its fifth fund on $675m with limited partners including Goldman Sachs, HarbourVest and Pantheon Ventures.
Days after the official launch of Blackstone’s $11bn fund, BC Partners has closed the largest-ever European buyout fund on “over €5.5bn”.
The recent announcement that UK pension fund Railpen has set aside four percent of total assets for allocation to hedge funds should come as no surprise: it has always been an adventurous investor. Andy Thomson reports.
The Paris-based private equity group has launched its first Asian fund of funds with a closing target of between $150 million and $200 million.
Doug Kimmelman, one of the major players behind Goldman Sachs’ power investments, will launch a $1bn private equity fund to invest in North American electricity assets.
Despite Carlyle’s recent abandonment of its Russian fundraising effort, Delta Private Equity has held a successful close of a $120m fund dedicated to Russia and Ukraine.
Terra Firma Capital Partners is set to sign terms to acquire German property group Viterra for €7 billion in Europe’s largest private equity deal to date.
The private equity arm of Credit Suisse First Boston has closed its third secondary fund on $2.4 billion to invest in buyout, venture capital and real estate partnerships.
The US buyout giant has given up its attempts to raise a $300m Russian fund due to lack of investor interest.
The New York-based mezzanine firm closed its fourth fund on $800m, four times as large as its last vehicle.