U.S. private equity firm Arclight Capital Partners LLC, which invests the retirement savings of Maine teachers, NFL football players and Mayo Clinic doctors, lost hundreds of millions of dollars betting on a troubled Caribbean oil refinery, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters.
The Atlanta-based investment firm is hoping to manage a piece of China’s $400 billion national pension fund, betting its record of investing ordinary Chinese citizens’ money could help it win the coveted job.