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Euro-denominated buyout funds, which play a prominent role in CPP Investment Board’s portfolio, have provided some solid returns over the years. But there is one player that shines above the rest, according to the Buyouts performance database.

It’s energy investments that are boosting The Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho’s private equity portfolio, according to its Private Equity Performance Summary by Investment for the period to March, 31 2012.

Institutional investors often say they have trouble gaining access to top-quartile private equity firms. It suggests there exists a pantheon of repeat performers while the rest are condemned, fund after fund, to the lower ranks. But analysis of this year’s Buyouts fund returns database pokes holes in that notion. Altogether the database includes 171 top-quartile […]

European buyout veteran CVC Capital Partners’ 2001 vintage fund investments have proven the best bets of NYC Police Pension Fund for the period ending Dec. 31, 2011.

Turnaround and recovery funds of 2001 and 2002 vintage are the money spinners for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, as of its private equity performance report to Dec. 31. European-headquartered firms such as Permira Advisers, Clessidra Capital Partners, Advent International and CVC Capital Partners also make up almost half of the top 10 performers […]

It’s domestic buyouts that produced the best returns for Florida State Board Administration (SBA), according to its figures through Dec. 31, 2011.

European powerhouse CVC Capital Partners takes the crown in this week’s battle of the U.S. and European mega-buyout houses, securing first place in our list of top 10 funds based on private equity performance figures from California State Teachers’ Retirement System. U.S. and European firms both account for five of the top-10 spots, and with […]