Toby Mitchenall & Jonathan Brasse
Firm: Siguler Guff & Co. Fund: Siguler Guff BRIC Opportunities Fund II Target: $1 billion Siguler Guff & Co. is readying a PPM to raise $1 billion by September for a fund of funds targeting the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, with a heavy emphasis on India and China, a person familiar […]
Connecticut’s state pension plan, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, is looking to diversify its portfolio by backing asset managers that tend to fly under the radars of most large institutional investors, including Connecticut-based firms, women and minority-owned firms, and emerging managers with less than $2 billion in assets. The state plans to back […]
Pension Fund: The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds Program: The Connecticut Horizon Fund Target: $120 million to $150 million Targeted Managers: Connecticut-based firms, minority or women-owned firms, and emerging private equity managers Targeted Asset Classes: Buyout firms, mezzanine funds, special situations firms, venture capital firms Connecticut’s state pension plan, The Connecticut Retirement Plans and […]
Limited partner: California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Commitment: $400 million Fund manager: Centinela Capital Partners The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has made a $400 million commitment to funds-of-funds manager Centinela Capital Partners as part of its effort to invest more capital with emerging managers–particularly ones that invest in California. Centinela intends to […]
Two of the largest public pension funds have set out to identify small firms that may not have come across their radars. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)—with the help of investment advisor Altura Capital—are compiling a database filled exclusively with emerging managers and financial service […]
Two of the largest public pension funds are aiming to identify the smaller firms that may not have come across their radars. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) – with the help of investment advisor Altura Capital – are compiling a database filled exclusively with emerging […]
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced last week that it again picked Santa Monica, Calif.-based Wilshire Associates as the primary pension consultant to its $182 billion fund. This didn’t come as any surprise to the firm. It has served CalPERS in that capacity for the past 22 years. Wilshire is credited with overseeing […]
Shasta Ventures has yet to announce any investments, but that hasn’t stopped limited partners from lining up for its inaugural fund. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm currently is in allocation mode, and expects to soon hold a final close in excess of its $175 million target capitalization. If oversubscription for a first-time fund manager doesn’t […]
The search is on for a fund-of funds manager at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). Last week the pension fund issued an RFP asking qualified groups to submit proposals for a $100 million mandate to run its New and Next Generation Managers Program. In late February the Sacramento-based pension fund set aside $100 […]