Overview: Latest Reports from The Wall Street Journals ‘Private Equity’

Here are the latest reports from The Wall Street Journals ‘Private Equity’.

A Fond Farewell and Look Back at Eight Years
A recap of our favorite Private Equity Beat blog posts from over the years.

Committed: North Carolina Seeks Wider Berth for Alternatives Portfolio
The North Carolina Department of State Treasurer is seeking to relax limits to how the state pension fund can be invested across private equity and other alternative investments, a move that would give it wider berth to shape an $84 billion portfolio amid interest-rate uncertainty.

In China, Firms Face Competition as Tech Businesses Target Health Care
Health care-focused, private-equity investors in China are facing competition and forging partnerships as Chinese technology companies seek to leverage their dominance on all things digital in the provision of care. But consultant Bain & Co. said private-equity investors looking for opportunities in the emerging market’s health-care sector aren’t squeezed out.

The Morning Leverage: Facing Competition in China as Tech Companies Join Health-Care Fray
A collection of private equity related news from around the Web.

The Morning Leverage: Brazos Sheds Apparel Brand Southern Tide
A roundup of private equity-related news.

PE-Backed Imaging Advantage to Build X-Ray Reading Machine
Private equity backed Imaging Advantage is developing a machine capable of reading X-rays.

The Morning Leverage: Battery to Buy Check Image Software Company
A roundup of private equity related news from across the Web.

The Morning Leverage: Castle Harlan Closes the Book on Baker & Taylor With Follett Sale
A collection of private equity related news from across the Web.

The Morning Leverage: EIG Global Energy Caught by Breitburn’s Liquidity Woes
A collection of private equity-related news from across the Web.

The Morning Leverage: Brookfield Raises at Least $3.38B for Restructuring Fund
A roundup of private equity-related news.

Sun Worshiper Fallout Helps Power PE Interest in Dermatology Deals
More private equity firms are buying up dermatology service providers to capitalize on a fragmented market.

A Private Word With Carl Marks Advisors’ Joseph D’Angelo
Joseph D’Angelo of Carl Marks Advisors shares his insights on challenges facing private equity investors in the oil patch.

The Morning Leverage: Halifax Group Buys Dental Services Provider Familia Dental
A collection of the latest private equity news from across the Web.

Yale Clears Air on Venture Returns (and Cautions on the Limits of IRR)
Yale University’s Investment Office offers more details on its nearly 93% 20-year internal rate of return from the endowment’s venture portfolio.

The Morning Leverage: LLR Partners Leads Investment in Dermatology Practice
A collection of private equity news from around the Web.

The Morning Leverage: Aquiline, Genstar Sell AssetMark to China’s Huatai Securities
A collection of private equity-related news from around the Web.

The Morning Leverage: Newt Gingrich’s New Private Equity Gig
A collection of private equity related news from across the Web.

Committed: Calstrs Sitting on $10B in Boom-Era Fund Investments
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has $10.25 billion tied up in boom-era private equity pools raised in the years leading up to 2008, exposing the nation’s second-largest pension fund to a crop of aging funds.

The Morning Leverage: Yale University’s Venture-Backed Bonanza
A collection of private equity-related news from around the Web.

‘Carried Interest’ the Comic Strip
Yes, we have a comic strip about private equity.

The Morning Leverage: Bridge Growth Takes Majority Stake in Solace Systems
A roundup of private equity-related news.

Default Rates of Private Equity Loans Are Creeping Up
Default rates of loans related to private equity firms have increased steadily for the first three months of 2016, according to data from Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ’s Leveraged Commentary and Data unit.

The Morning Leverage: Aquiline Raises $1.1 Billion for Third Financial Services Fund
A collection of private equity related news from across the Web.

The Morning Leverage: Thompson Street Sells Vaddio to Pritzker-Backed Milestone
A collection of private equity related news from around the Web.

NGP Chief Says Some Oil Producers Can’t Survive, But Still Has Hope for Industry’s Future
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The Morning Leverage: Permira Triples Its Money on Ancestry.com Sale
A round up of private equity-related news from across the Web.

LCD Executive to Join Leeds Equity-Backed Research Firm
Steven Miller, a credit market expert and a managing director at Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ’s Leveraged Commentary and Data unit, is leaving S&P to become the chief executive of a research firm backed by Leeds Equity Partners.

Committed: Oregon Raises Planned Pledge to Cinven’s Sixth Fund
The Oregon State Treasury raised a planned commitment to U.K. buyout firm Cinven’s sixth fund to 250 million euros, roughly $284.5 million, up from the $250 million it previously slated.

The Morning Leverage: Brightstar Backs Tech Refurbishing Company
A roundup of private equity-related news.

Private Equity Firms Take Control Amid Slower Growth in Asia
The dollar volume of buyouts and majority stakes in Asian-Pacific private equity deals in 2015 nearly doubled over the prior year’s level, according to new report published by Bain & Co.

The Morning Leverage: CVC Responds to Gender-Discrimination Claims
A roundup of private equity-related news.

The Morning Leverage: Advent to Buy ATI Physical Therapy from KRG Capital
A collection of private equity related news from around the Web.

Slowly, Painfully, Firms Recognize Losses From Energy Deals
Although oil and gas prices began their steady decline in 2014, many private equity firms that invested heavily during the shale boom are only beginning to register the pain.

The Morning Leverage: Hastings Equity Sees Promise in Cactus Fuel
A roundup of private equity-related news.