published by Editor on January 25th, 2012
Tags: Colombia, Limited Partners, Pension Funds
Alonso Angel, Senior Investment Officer at Porvenir, which manages assets for Colombian pension funds, spoke with LAVCA about the evolution of the Colombian PE/VC market and expections for 2012. Read more
published by Editor on March 23rd, 2011
Tags: LP, Pension Funds
Allstate Investments made its first fund commitment in Latin American in 2007. LAVCA recently spoke with Director Ross Posner about Allstate’s future strategy for the region.
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published by Editor on March 7th, 2011
Tags: Fundraising, Member firms, Mexico, Pension Funds
(Dow Jones Newswires) March 7, 2011 – New York-based Conduit Capital Partners LLC will raise $150 million through a Mexican-listed instrument in the second half of the year as U.S. private equity firms continue to tap a two-year-old program for Mexican pension fund capital. Read more
published by Editor on February 16th, 2011
Tags: Fundraising, Mexico, Pension Funds
(Alsis Funds) February 16, 2011 – Investment management firm Alsis Funds announced today the initial closing of its Alsis Mexico Opportunities Fund (Alsis Mexico), with a first capital commitment from Global Opportunities Fund 2 (CalPERS) Read more
published by Editor on November 15th, 2010
Tags: Brazil, Energy, Fundraising, Pension Funds
(Rio Bravo) November 2010 – Rio Bravo Investimentos, a Brazilian private equity and venture capital firm, announced the closing of a first round of investment for an energy fund at R$300M (approximately US$174.6M). Read more
published by Editor on October 8th, 2010
Tags: Brazil, Deal, Pension Funds, Transportation
(Valor Economico) October 8, 2010 – FI-FGTS (Fundo de Investimento do Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço), the investment branch of the public pension fund FGTS, bought a 30% share in Odebrecht Transport Participações (OTPP) Read more
published by Editor on July 26th, 2010
Tags: Mexico, Pension Funds
(Reuters) July 26, 2010 – Mexico’s private pension funds are set to invest up to $600 million in three private equity deals in the coming weeks, as they stock up on riskier assets that promise bigger yields Read more
published by Editor on July 26th, 2010
Tags: Mexico, Pension Funds
(Bloomberg) July 26, 2010 – Prudential Financial Inc.’s Mexican unit and three other investment companies will seek to raise as much as 16.3 billion pesos ($1.28 billion) by the end of September from the government and pension funds. Read more
published by Editor on May 11th, 2010
Tags: Brazil, Pension Funds
By José Setti Diaz, partner at Demarest e Almeida Advogados [i]
According to Towers Watson 2010 research [ii], Brazil ranks among the world’s top pension markets. Currently, pension funds’ assets represent 22% of Brazilian GDP and are by far the country’s largest institutional investors. In 2009, the assets of Brazilian closed pension funds (In Portuguese: Entidades Fechadas de Previdência Complementar, “EFPC“) reached the amount of 506.6 billion reais. Read more
