The Toronto-based Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Pension has reported a higher-than-expected return on investments for 2004, crediting the boost to private market investments.
Index Ventures is the latest European VC investor to raise a new vehicle, closing its fourth fund on €300m.
Investors have bet $210m on the new venture capital firm’s three founding veteran tech partners, who succeeded in raising their first-time early-stage fund in about nine months.
Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund III has closed ahead of an original $350 million target and will invest in businesses in Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union.
In the wake of the Saunders, Karp & Megrue merger with Apax Partners, SKM Growth Investors will light out on its own.
The Chicago private equity firm has closed its fifth buyout fund on $1.3bn, completing its fundraising in approximately six months.
The midmarket buyout firm has closed its oversubscribed fifth global private equity fund with commitments from 86 international investors.
Technology Crossover Ventures and Summit Partners have acquired a minority position in trading platform Liquidnet, making for one of the largest non-control, financial services private equity deals.
The Paris-based firm has announced a final close of €500 million for its AXA LBO Fund III.
The NPRF has announced plans to commit an 18 percent allocation to additional asset classes including private equity and real estate, but excluding hedge funds.