The $1 billion University of Illinois Foundation has allocated $100 million to Grosvenor Capital Management as part of its custom fund of hedge funds mandate. The move brings the foundation to its 10% target for hedge funds.
The foundation’s nascent private equity program, which it launched a year ago, is ramping up and is starting to get capital calls for direct commitments from cash starved p.e. firms, according to sources familiar with the foundation’s alternative investment program. It currently has some $18 million allocated to 10 to 15 managers, and is targeting a 10% allocation of its total portfolio to p.e. mandates.
Gabriel KurlandBy Gabriel Kurland: On November 12, 2009, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), an independent government department that investigates and prosecutes fraud and corruption cases, announced that it is probing the London-based, Dynamic Decisions Capital Management Ltd., after the matter was referred to it by the Financial Services Authority. More...
Ireland has launched the EUR 26 million ($40 million) Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund to invest in startup and early stage companies. More...