Annabelle Ju
Based in New York, Annabelle Ju covers North American institutional investors and fund regulation as the US Private Equity Reporter for Private Equity International and private funds management. She previously reported on market structure at Bloomberg and obtained her Master of Science degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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Firm has raised $624.15m, with Rhode Island State Treasury and New Jersey Division of Investment both committing $150m.
The firm will invest $15m-$50m in healthcare technology with a team of 15 that will be filled early next year.
Chris McCrory joins from Pamlico to focus on primary investment opportunities in US buyouts and direct co-investments.
Albert Jun, Sabrina Meng and Kris Ho will join Niklas Amundsson in Hong Kong as part of Asia expansion.
Central and Eastern Europe received €1.3 billion in private equity and venture capital investments in 2014.
The Danish pension fund has expanded its team to 10 people.
The Texas pension fund will open the UK office in November with three staff members.
Both US buyouts and US private equity portfolio as a whole missed their respective benchmark net IRR.
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s additional $10m to Vistria will raise its PE allocation to 6.2%.
The New Mexico Educational Retirement Board has reached a $1.8m settlement with the bank in its 2010 lawsuit against its former PE advisors.