Angela Sormani

Francsico Partners, The Gores Group, Thoma Bravo and Hellman & Friedman are young vintages of fund managers predicted back to market whose IRRs showed the biggest leap for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System for the year to Sept. 30, 2013.

European buyouts of 2008 vintage funds are making the gains for the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management’s buyout portfolio, according to fresh data as of Dec. 31, 2013.

U.S. mid-market player Francisco Partners’ 2010 vintage fund scored the biggest leap in IRR for University of Texas Investment Management Co, according to a comparison of performance data for periods ending Feb. 28, 2013, and Feb. 28, 2014.

Platinum Equity’s 2004 vintage buyout vehicle is a top performer by IRR for the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, according to data as of June 30, 2013. At the bottom of the list comes the 1998 vintage Credit Suisse Equity Partners LP.

The Blackstone Group is the top-performing buyout fund manager in this week’s scorecard for the Regents of the University of California, ranking managers that are currently in the market or due to come back to market with a fund this year.

The 2005 vintage Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX is top of the distributions list in this week’s scorecard, which takes a look at the New Jersey State Investment Council’s private equity performance figures for the period to 31 October, 2013.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is recruiting for an investment officer II.

Europe was a boost to Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s IRR figures last year, according to data from the state pension fund for the period to 30 September 2013. The 2009 vintage Riverside Europe Fund IV was Oregon’s top IRR climber by percentage points for the period from September 2012 to September 2013.

The 2008 vintage Silver Lake Credit Fund LP jumped the highest in terms of distributions for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System buyout fund portfolio, according to performance data for the period from June 2012 to June 2013. This scorecard looked at a selection of some 210 buyout-related vehicles ranging in vintage from 1991 to 2012.

Fortress Investment Group is Washington State Investment Board’s top-performing, buyout-related fund manager returning to market this year. The fund manager features in first and fourth place with its 2002 vintage Fortress Investment Fund II LLC posting an IRR of 36.03 percent and its 2000 vintage Fortress Investment Fund LP posting an IRR of 25.65 percent, according to performance data as of June 30, 2013.