Private Equity

Investors returned in droves to private equity last year—and especially to the very biggest p.e. firms.

Some $169 billion was raised by private-equity firms in 2013, the most since 2008, according to Preqin. And more than half of it went to the largest players in the industry, those with at least $4.5 billion in assets.

The Blackstone Group hopes to raise as much as $261.5 million for its publicly-listed real-estate finance vehicle tomorrow.

Mount Kellet Capital Management has a new real-estate specialist.

Apollo Global Management has raised $17.5 billion for its latest private-equity fund, the largest since the financial crisis.

Hedge fund Farallon Capital Management has raised $300 million for two private-equity funds.

Two top private-equity firms have bolstered their ranks at UBS' expense this week.

The Carlyle Group yesterday announced a raft of promotions at its offices around the world, including nine new partners.

Not many alternative investments did as well as the broader markets last year—but the Carlyle Group's did.

Having sold a $4.3 billion private-equity business, Citigroup is looking to sell its investments with the business.

Grosvenor Capital Management began the new year twice as large as it ended the old.