Five Questions with Christopher Zook, chairman of multifamily office CAZ Investments
Christopher Zook is chairman of CAZ Investments, a Texas multifamily office. He previously managed portfolios [...]
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Tensions mount as CalPERS board members clash over censure, PE transcripts
The misuse of an office scanner by a retired school administrator triggered open warfare between [...]
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New York commits more than $1 bln, eyes debt and credit funds
New York State Common Retirement Fund disclosed more than $1 billion of commitments to private [...]
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New Emory CIO takes charge of fast-growing $1 bln-plus private portfolio
Srinivas “Srini” Pulavarti on July 1 is slated to become CIO of the company that manages [...]
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Editor’s Letter: Kentucky pension goes nuclear on key-man option in fund-of-funds
What happens if you set up a key man rule in your fund and no one pays [...]
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LP Scorecard: CalPERS rakes in $6.4 bln over nine months
Across the first nine months of 2017, California Public Employees’ Retirement System brought in about $6.5 billion [...]
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Pennsylvania State Employees’ names executive director as returns climb
Terrill Sanchez will join Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System as executive director, succeeding David Durbin, who retired [...]
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Ex-Goldman executive to head cryptocurrency at family office
Ex-Goldman Sachs executive Mike Novogratz has lured Richard Kim from Goldman to head the cryptocurrencies [...]
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Wisconsin to bulk up private market co-investment team
State of Wisconsin Investment Board wants to bulk up its private-market co-investment staff, a strategy presentation in [...]
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Yale rebuts Buffett, defends performance of alternative investments
Yale University’s endowment has defended the high fees that come with alternative investments by pointing [...]
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LPs fear trade wars as threat to global economy: survey
Institutional investors see trade wars and protectionism as the greatest risks to global markets, a fresh [...]
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CalSTRS leaves old funds out of PE fee transparency report
California State Teachers’ Retirement System declined to release information about the fees and expenses charged [...]
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Michigan continues mid-market push in Q4
State of Michigan Retirement Systems plans to continue focusing on re-ups with middle-market funds, a [...]
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CIO quits; Ontario Teachers’ private equity returns 18.8 pct in 2017
Bjarme Graven Larsen resigned as the chief investment officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan [...]
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Mississippi greenlights $600 mln for private equity
Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi has another $600 million to invest in private equity [...]
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Harvard backs ex-credit team to tune of estimated $300 mln: report
Harvard Management Co will invest in Evolution Credit Partners, a direct lending company formed by three ex-employees. Rene [...]
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Looking for great employee compensation data? Take part in our eighth annual Holt-MM&K-Buyouts Insider PE/VC compensation [...]
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Q1 Fundraising Roundup: The party doesn’t stop
Five years into the hottest sustained period of fundraising in private equity’s history, U.S. general [...]
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