Firms & Funds

Firm: Monroe Capital LLC Fund: Monroe Capital Senior Secured Direct Loan Fund LP Target: $400 million to $500 million Placement Agent: None Monroe Capital LLC, which broadened its arsenal last year by introducing business development company and SBIC lending options for buyout shops, is returning to the market to raise a new limited partner-backed loan […]

Private equity index outperforms euro indexWeakness in 2011 a drag on returnsSeven native European funds in top 10

AlpInvest Partners, the funds-of-funds business of The Carlyle Group, has taken a pretty big hit so far from its vintage-2006 investments, according to a regulatory document. Carlyle acquired a 60 percent equity interest in AlpInvest last year as part of the build-up to its initial public offering in May. The unit, which manages more than […]

AlpInvest Partners, the funds-of-funds business of The Carlyle Group, has taken a pretty big hit so far from its vintage-2006 investments, according to a regulatory document. Carlyle acquired a 60 percent equity interest in AlpInvest last year as part of the build-up to its initial public offering in May. The unit, which manages more than […]

Far larger than predecessor fund Backers include Florida, U. of Calif. Reasons for loss unclear Kelso & Co. closed a buyout fund that was more than twice the size of its predecessor when it wrapped up Kelso Investment Associates VIII LP in mid-2008. But through year-end its performance hasn’t been nearly as good. The $5.1 […]

Pension System: The New York State Common Retirement Fund Assets Managed: $150.3 Billion (March 31, 2011) Private Equity Assets: $14.4 Billion (March 31, 2011) Private Equity Allocation: 9.6% (March 31, 2011) Target PE Allocation: 10% Chief Investment Officer: Marjorie Tsang (Interim) The New York State Common Retirement Fund, the nation’s third-largest pension, saw its assets […]

Firm: Capital International Private Equity Funds Fund: Capital International private Equity Fund VI Target: $2.5B Hard Cap: $3B Placement Agent: MVision Private Equity Advisers By Stephen Aldred Capital International Private Equity Funds of Hong Kong has closed a $3 billion global emerging markets private equity fund, the largest fund of its kind in five years. […]

Publicly traded private equity firms continue to focus on credit strategies and diversification in their portfolios, a review of their decidedly mixed first-quarter results showed.