Secondaries

Christina Pamberg has left the firm after four years as head of European IR and fundraising, while ex-Goldman exec Alex Fletcher has joined KKR's European client and partner group.

China Forestry, in which Carlyle has a 16.5% stake and Partners Group a 7% stake, will next month list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Simon Hamilton examines ways in which GPs can attract and retain talent, even when carried interest looks a long way off.

The listed private equity firm has sold its remaining stake in Dutch business Dockwise to a consortium of investors including Bain Capital’s credit arm, Sankaty.

The university endowment wants to boost liquidity by selling portions of its private equity fund interests, CEO John Powers told PEO.

The Dutch infrastructure manger held a second close in August on Dutch Infrastructure II after collecting €220m and is looking to hold the third close by the end of October. New investors include Dutch life insurer Achmea and Swiss alternative asset manager Partners Group.

Against a ‘fragile’ economic backdrop, the listed firm continues to sell assets and invest only in existing portfolio companies.

Private equity infrastructure funds have long used different structures than their traditional private equity peers.The asset class provides some intriguing examples of the benefits and drawbacks of some innovative models, among them the open-end fund structure.

The secondaries firms have established a £170m fund to acquire assets from 3i that will be managed by DFJ Esprit's nascent secondaries arm, Encore Ventures.

Jon Moulton’s resignation letter to LPs boldly advises winding down the firm’s non-traditional fund and breaking up the portfolio – a suggestion not lost on rivals and secondary investors.