In The News

In The News
Battery Ventures Closes Two New Funds Totaling $2 Billion

Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, has closed two new funds worth a combined $2 billion to continue backing innovative technology companies worldwide in a variety of sectors.

02.12.20
In The News
KKR Closes $1.3 Billion Global Impact Fund

KKR today announced the final closing of KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp, a $1.3 billion fund dedicated to investment opportunities in companies whose core business models provide commercial solutions to an environmental or social challenge.

02.12.20
In The News
Stanford Faces $43 Million Tab In New Endowment Tax Under Trump

Stanford University faces as much as $43 million in taxes under a new levy on college endowments included in President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul, the first time private colleges will pay such a fee.

02.12.20
In The News
Angelo Gordon Raises $1.8 Billion For Inaugural Credit Solutions Fund

Angelo, Gordon & Co., a $38 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, announced today the final closing of AG Credit Solutions Fund with $1.8 billion of equity commitments.

02.11.20
In The News
Swanky Tower Pits Teachers Against A Texas Public Pension Fund

The biggest public pension fund in Texas plans to move into what is billed as Austin’s tallest office tower. It’s turning into an enormous quarrel.

02.07.20
In The News
Why Pa.'s Public Pension Funds Have Millions Of Dollars Of Your Money Tied Up In The Natural Gas Industry

When Pennsylvania fined the natural gas pipeline owner Energy Transfer Partners a record $30 million last month, the penalty didn’t just hit the company’s bottom line.

02.07.20
In The News
First Eagle Alternative Credit Closes Fourth Middle Market Direct Lending Fund

First Eagle Alternative Credit today announced the final closing of its fourth middle market direct lending fund, THL Credit Direct Lending Fund IV, with $782 million of available investment capacity including leverage.

02.07.20
In The News
Ex-PIMCO CEO Douglas Hodge Gets Nine Months in College Admission Scam

Douglas Hodge, the former PIMCO chief who once safeguarded the retirement savings of millions of Americans, was sentenced to nine months in prison for paying $850,000 in bribes to get four of his children into USC and Georgetown as phony soccer and tennis team recruits.

02.07.20
In The News
Why It’s So Hard To Make An Endowment More Socially Responsible

Students at the University of the South sought more transparency and sustainability. Were they too polite?

02.07.20
In The News
Brookfield Closes $20 Billion Global Infrastructure Fund

Brookfield Asset Management announced today the closing of its latest flagship global infrastructure fund, Brookfield Infrastructure Fund IV, with total equity commitments of $20 billion.

02.07.20