Chris Witkowsky

The Bush Family may not be enjoying the best relationship with private equity these days since presidential contender Jeb Bush put together a notably PE-unfriendly tax plan.

There’s a mini Apollo Global Management in the making.

Here’s a sign of the times: Advent International has decided to not include a preferred return in its next flagship fund, which will target $12 billion.

Maggie Arvedlund, a managing director who focused on private equity within Fortress Investment Group’s struggling hedge fund business, has left the firm for undisclosed reasons, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

Go big or go home. That could be the motto of Vista Equity Partners.

The New York City Retirement System has demonstrated a commitment to building a stable investment team with some significant pay increases for top-level people.

Recently, we got the sad news that Michael Beblo, director of alternative investments at the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, died after heart surgery. He was just 62. Beblo’s death got me thinking about the role of the LP, something I spend an inordinate amount of time pondering. I enjoy nothing more than chatting with LPs about […]

American Industrial Partners is preparing to close its sixth fund on around $1.75 billion, which could happen this week, according to three limited partners with knowledge of the firm.

Riverstone Holdings has raised at least $181.4 million for its debut energy credit fund that is targeting $1 billion, according to a filing with the SEC.

Firm: Cinven Partners LP Fund: Sixth Cinven Fund Target: ~$5.5 bln Cinven is readying a formal fundraising effort this fall for its sixth flagship fund, targeting about 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) with about half of the commitments expected to come from U.S. limited partners seeking access to European buyouts, according to two sources familiar […]