Private Equity Funds
According to Preqin (formerly known as Private Equity Intelligence), in 2006 funds investing in other private equity funds (i.e., fund of funds, including secondary funds) amounted to 14% of all committed capital in the private equity market. The following ranking of private equity fund of fund investment managers is based on information published by Private Equity Intelligence:
| Rank |
Name of the firm |
Currently Committed to PE
(billions of USD) |
Headquarters |
| 1 |
AlpInvest Partners |
$42.3 |
Amsterdam |
| 2 |
AXA Private Equity |
$34.9 |
Paris |
| 3 |
AIG Investments |
$24.6 |
New York |
| 4 |
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group |
$24.0 |
New York |
| 5 |
Adams Street Partners |
$24.0 |
Chicago, Illinois |
| 6 |
Pantheon Ventures |
$22.6 |
London |
| 7 |
Pathway Capital Management |
$20.6 |
Irvine, California |
| 8 |
Capital Dynamics |
$20.0 |
Zug, Switzerland |
| 9 |
Partners Group |
$19.6 |
Baar-Zug, Switzerland |
| 10 |
Lehman Brothers |
$19.0 |
New York |
| 11 |
HarbourVest Partners |
$17.8 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 12 |
PCG Asset Management |
$15.0 |
San Diego, California |
| 13 |
Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group |
$14.0 |
New York |
| 14 |
LGT Capital Partners |
$13.5 |
Pfaeffikon, Switzerland |
| 15 |
Horizon21 Alternative Investments |
$11.5 |
Pfaeffikon, Switzerland |
| 16 |
SL Capital Partners |
$9.3 |
Edinburgh |
| 17 |
Allianz Private Equity Partners |
$7.9 |
Munich |
| 18 |
Portfolio Advisors |
$7.5 |
Darien, Connecticut |
| 19 |
Commonfund Capital |
$7.5 |
Wilton, Connecticut |
| 20 |
Horsley Bridge Partners |
$7.1 |
San Francisco, California |
| 21 |
SVG Capital |
$7.0 |
London |
| 22 |
European Investment Fund |
$6.8 |
Luxembourg |
| 23 |
Grove Street Advisor |
$6.5 |
Boston |
| 24 |
Macquarie Funds Management Group |
$6.1 |
Sydney |
| 25 |
Abbott Capital Management |
$6.0 |
New York |
|
Source: Preqin (formerly known as Private Equity Intelligence)
According to 2011 Preqin Global Private Equity Report, largest firms by total fund of funds capital raised in the last 10 years ($bn) are:
| Rank |
Name of the firm |
Total FoF Capital Raise in last 10 years
(billions of USD) |
Location |
| 1 |
HarbourVest Partners |
$19.3 |
United States |
| 2 |
Adams Street Partners |
$12.5 |
United States |
| 3 |
Pantheon Ventures |
$12.1 |
UK |
| 4 |
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group |
$10.9 |
United States |
| 5 |
Pathway Capital Management |
$9.8 |
United States |
| 6 |
Commonfund Capital |
$7.3 |
United States |
| 7 |
Siguler Gulf |
$6.8 |
United States |
| 8 |
SL Capital Partners |
$6.7 |
UK |
| 9 |
ATP Private Equity Partners |
$6.5 |
Denmark |
| 10 |
Partners Group |
$5.8 |
Switzerland |
|
Source: Preqin