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Fred Buenrostro has confirmed he will end his six-year reign at the US' largest public pension, which is also losing its CIO, Russell Read.
The global fund of funds manager has hired former Netherlands-based Composition Capital’s managing director to oversee its private equity real estate investments.
In the wake of Yucaipa-owned Aloha Airlines’ bankruptcy, yet another private equity-owned commercial airline has crashed.
The private equity firms may lose millions as Yucaipa’s Aloha Airlines and Stein’s Ziff Davis file for Chapter 11.
Here are the top five ways private equity firms are using technology to track portfolio company performance. By Greg Woolf, Vantage Reporting
Fair value is the rule. Now comes the hard part – creating a system for consistently measuring the fair value of your portfolio companies. CFOs weigh in on how they blend art with science in search of the right approach.
How does a firm convince its dealmakers to input their daily activities into a front office tracking system? By tying this task to deal attribution – the key ingredient in compensation and investment career-building.
Managing IT at offices around the world requires centralizing systems into a few technology hubs and sourcing the right local expertise.
As their technology needs evolve, private equity firms need to know how to bring together the right mix of in-house professionals and third-party vendors.