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Tougher Valuation Standards Raise The Bar For Managers And Investors

Regulators and investors are focusing more attention on how private-equity firms value the assets they own, making the valuation process both more complicated and costly.

12.24.19
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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Raises $5.5 Billion For Its Third Global Infrastructure Fund

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has raised $5.5 billion for North Haven Infrastructure Partners III, six months after the fund’s first close on June 19.

12.20.19
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Harvest Partners Banks At Least $4 Billion For Latest Buyout Fund

Harvest Partners has gathered at least $4 billion for its eighth midmarket fund, making the vehicle the largest the firm has raised to date.

12.20.19
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Mormon Church Has Misled Members On $100 Billion Tax-Exempt Investment Fund, Whistleblower Alleges

A former investment manager alleges in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has amassed about $100 billion in accounts intended for charitable purposes, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Washington Post.

12.20.19
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AEA Amasses Almost $5.7 Billion For Two Funds

AEA Investors has collected $4.8 billion for its latest flagship vehicle, AEA Fund VII, which will invest in upper middle-market deals and also amassed $877 million in commitments for a new small business fund, AEA Investors SBF IV.

12.19.19
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University of Missouri, Hillsdale Settle Lawsuit

The University of Missouri and Hillsdale College have agreed to settle Hillsdale’s lawsuit against the university. As part of the settlement, the institutions will split the endowment, currently valued at approximately $9.2 million.

12.19.19
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Caravan Capital Launches Emerging Market Strategy

Sub-advises fund with Cliff Quisenberry at helm.

12.18.19
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Teachers Pay High Fees for Retirement Funds. Unions Are Partly to Blame.

Groups representing municipal employees and teachers are often paid to endorse investment products.

12.18.19
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‘Rotten 1st Quarter’ Holds Alabama Pension Fund Earnings To 3%

Alabama’s Employees Retirement System pension fund earned only a 2.78% rate of return during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, but Retirement Systems of Alabama CEO David Bronner pointed out that the figure was skewed by a “really rotten first quarter.”

12.18.19
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Värde Partners Exceeds Target Raising Nearly $2.5 Billion In 13th Flagship Fund

Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced it has raised its 13th flagship vehicle, Värde Fund XIII, with $2.47 billion in commitments.

12.18.19