Maryland State Retirement allocates $1.5bn

Maryland State Retirement allocates $1.5bn

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System, Baltimore, disclosed $1.5bn in commitments or investments from May through August, board documents from its Tuesday meeting show. In private equity, the $69.6bn pension fund committed $750 million to 11 managers. The...
Investcorp wants to become $100bn company

Investcorp wants to become $100bn company

Investcorp Holdings, one of the largest foreign buyers of U.S. real estate, remains bullish on the world’s biggest economy and expects the crisis enveloping China Evergrande Group to offer fresh opportunities for the private equity and alternative asset manager as it...
CVC-backed Italian gaming group Sisal prepares €2.2bn IPO

CVC-backed Italian gaming group Sisal prepares €2.2bn IPO

Italian gaming group Sisal has picked Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and UniCredit to arrange an initial public offering at the beginning of next year, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Friday.     Sisal, which was bought by private equity firm CVC in 2016,...
Apollo Unit Backs Hong Kong Insurer FWD’s $3bn U.S. IPO

Apollo Unit Backs Hong Kong Insurer FWD’s $3bn U.S. IPO

Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li’s FWD Group Holdings landed a $400m investment as part of the Asian insurer’s plans for a multibillion-dollar U.S. listing.   The capital will come via a private placement to a unit of Athene Holding Ltd., an insurance company backed by...