The Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association announced today that it has established the Colorado Mile High Fund to provide easier access to capital for Colorado-based businesses. Colorado PERA, with more than $40 billion in assets, said it will earmark capital for businesses that have a nexus in Colorado and currently have the support of a [...]
U.S. private equity overhang reaches $400 billion The cumulative amount of private equity fundraising overhang in the United States is $400 billion. After record fundraising years during 2007 and 2008, the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors and PitchBook Data Inc. say the gap between funds raised and equity invested has widened to an all-time [...]
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