The endowment of Harvard University, among the most watched in the country, said Friday that it had earned an 8.6 percent return for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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Limited partners investing in private-equity funds amid the credit crunch are finding the strength to demand more from the general partners that run the funds, said panelists convened for the annual Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference in New York.
LPs suggested this is being seen in deal sizes trending downward and many general partners raising [...]

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Chinese M&A expanding despite global slowdown
SHANGHAI, HONG KONG – SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 – Mergers and acquisitions is a burgeoning industry in China.  In the past year Chinese state-owned entities have successfully acquired minority interests in foreign banks and other financial institutions, and not all as a result of the credit crunch.  Meanwhile, [...]

The Yale Endowment, which has led the academic world in investment returns in recent years, reported a return in its most recent fiscal year of 4.5 percent for its $22.5 billion endowment.
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Private-equity firms raised a record $324.4 billion in the first half of the year as investments in funds that buy distressed assets increased, according to a report released today.
Firms including Carlyle Group and Oaktree Capital Management LLC exceeded the $323.8 billion gathered in the year- earlier period, according to data compiled by London-based Preqin Ltd. [...]

Overview of key steps in post deal success.
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On September 15, 2006, FASB issued a standard that provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is [...]

CalPERS commits $400 million each to Cleantech and Emerging Market Ventures.
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OMERS announced today that its total rate of return was 16.4 per cent in 2006, a top-quartile performance that exceeded its benchmark return of 13.7 per cent. This is the fourth year in a row in which OMERS has achieved a double-digit return, earning net investment income for 2006 of $6.5 billion, compared with $5.5 [...]

Valuation guidelines as published in March 2007, by the Private Equity Industry Guidelines Group (PEIGG).
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